| Baseball history, like all history,
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| | willing to pay their price.Still, as it
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| certainly is ever changing, but some
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| | had always been, players had to have the
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| aspects of the game have remained
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| | skills a team needed to get their price.
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| unchanged for well over a half-century.
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| | The one major difference was that players
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| There are a few reasons for this - over
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| | were now able to sign guaranteed
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| time the basic rules of the game have for
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| | contracts, which stated that they would
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| the most part remained unaltered; the
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| | be paid their salary no matter how they
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| development of essential skills continues
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| | performed and even if they were
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| to involve an investment of time and
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| | injured.Seventy-three years before free
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| personnel by ball clubs; and fans have
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| | agency, professional baseball underwent a
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| always flocked to see money players and
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| | change that would influence the way in
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| exciting teams.In 1976, Major League
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| | which the Majors conducted business and
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| Baseball (MLB) was changed forever with
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| | found players. In 1903 the National
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| the birth of free agency. Since its
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| | Association of Professional Base Ball
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| inception, the owners had held power over
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| | Leagues, better known as the Minor
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| all players. They could trade anyone at
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| | Leagues, was formed in order to create
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| anytime and control, with relative ease,
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| | some order in which Major League teams
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| what individuals would be paid. Great
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| | acquired players from small market clubs.
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| players, like Babe Ruth, usually
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| | In the 1930s the great Branch Rickey
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| commanded solid salaries but with free
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| | developed the structure for what we know
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| agency players were able to negotiate
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| | today as the "Minor Leagues.
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| their contracts and to go to a team
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