Our National Pastime

Spring is finally here, and as we turn our attention away from the steroids scandals of the past winter and set our sights firmly on the new season, why not get in the mood by checking out one of the library’s books on baseball. The titles include:

• A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood’s Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
• Courting the Yankees: Legal Essays on the Bronx Bombers
• The End of Baseball As We Knew It: The Players Union, 1960-81
• In the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig
• Legal Bases: Baseball and the Law

• National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer

A sports law blog can keep you up-to-date on the latest news:

• The Sports Law Blog (all things legal relating to the sports world - written by 4 sports-law professors, plus guest contributors)

• The Sportsbiz Blog (ruminations on the economics, law and business of sports)

And if you’re ever doing research on the legal aspects of baseball, Baseball and the Law: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, 1990-2004, published by the Law Library Journal, is sure to prove useful.

J. Fusaris