On Feb. 28, 1966, Los Angeles Dodgers icons Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax did not report for the start of Spring Training and with that began a double holdout that lasted 32 days. It was a time in MLB ...
In the mid-1960s, the two pitchers inspired major league ballplayers to build a union and challenge the owners’ stranglehold on their lives, pay, and working conditions. Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale, ...
When the new baseball season begins on Sunday, player payrolls for the 30 teams in the Major Leagues will total nearly $4 billion, an average of almost $4 million per player. For the third year in a ...