Abstract

The collection contains audio recordings of interviews conducted by Leo Cloutier as part of his "With Malice Towards None" radio broadcasts and some audio recordings of events that Cloutier was involved in between 1957 and 1976. The interviews are with assorted players, managers, baseball team executives and others associated with the game of baseball.

Scope and Contents This collection details the history of the early onset of broadcasting games via television. The resistance by some and the potential of this new market by others. Includes the legal aspects, territorial rights, advertisement restrictions, the distribution of shares, and how this compares to radio broadcasting. Included are executed agreements, National League team petitions on World Series shares distribution preferences. Correspondence relating to “Monday Night Baseball”, “Game of the...