DATE: 1983 ORIGINAL or DUPLICATE: Original Film TEAM: San Diego Padres SUBJECT: APPROXIMATE SIZE: 35mm in standard slide mount NUMBER OF SLIDES: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is an original color transparency (film) which, like original negatives, can be used to produce high-quality prints (and unlike negatives, can be viewed and enjoyed with the naked eye, without having to use software to invert the image). See scan for further details. This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Steven Patrick Garvey was born in 1948 in Tampa, FL and went to college at Michigan State University. He played major league baseball from 1969 to 1987 as 1st and 3rd baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, appeared in the 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981 and 1984 World Series, and was selected 10 times as an All-Star. Garvey was the 1974 National League MVP and earned Gold Glove Awards each year from 1974 through 1977. From 1983-1985, Garvey had a 193 game errorless streak - a record for first basemen. Garvey's career ended in 1987 after surgery on a torn biceps tendon in his left shoulder. He was non-tendered for the 1988 season and retired. He then filed a claim for damages of approximately $ 3 million under the Global Settlement Agreement established after team owners were found guilty of collusion. He alleged that after the 1985 season, his contract was not extended into the 1988 and 1989 seasons as a result of collusion. His claim against the Major League Baseball Players Association was rejected by an arbitrator in 1996 because he had failed to present sufficient substantiating evidence. This decision was appealed by Garvey, and the Court of Appeals for the 9th District overturned the arbitrator's decision and ruled that the only decision that the arbitrator could have taken, in light of the evidence submitted by Garvey, was to award him the amount claimed. This decision was then in turn appealed to the Supreme Court by the MLBPA, on the basis that according to numerous precedents in the field of labor law, the Appeals Court should not have reviewed the merits of the arbitrator's decision, but should simply have demanded another ruling if it had found a flaw in the procedure (which was not the case). In 2001, the Supreme Court found in favor of the MLBPA, letting the original arbitrator's decision against Garvey stand. SKU: LSP01177
Item: LSP01177
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