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Tommy John: The LA Dodger Pitcher Who Changed Baseball

  • Bookstore1 117 South Pineapple Avenue Sarasota, FL, 34236 United States (map)

Tommy John, who pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1977 World Series, was also his team’s player representative. When I asked for equal access to talk with the players after the game in the locker room, Tommy John held a team meeting to discuss my request, then the team voted, and a majority of them said I should have access equal to my male colleagues. The Dodgers’ vote triggered the baseball commissioner to bar my access to both teams’ clubhouses during the Series, and then all baseball teams’ clubhouses, forever. At this Sarasota bookstore, Tommy and I will reminisce about our first conversation and talk about the consequences of my eventual legal case filed against Major League Baseball.

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