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softer than "demands"). Seitz ruled that Messersmith and McNally were free agents, a ruling that federal court and the federal court of appeals upheld.

Seitz was a man of integrity. It was he who had ruled in favor of Hunter. Behind the scenes, commissioner Bowie Kuhn urged the owners to fire Seitz, but the owners' Player Relations Committee was afraid of negative publicity and refused. It was a decision that cost them billions of dollars.

References:

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballl...

http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mess...

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/am483_...

http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/story/8287...

http://www.cbaforfans.com/1970s.html

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basebal...

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