PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 12: Bruce Meyer attends the Game Changers Celebration at Vie on July 12, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for The Players Alliance) | Getty Images for The Players All In 1885, John Montgomery Ward established the Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players, which began as a benevolent society but by 1887 had morphed into the first union for professional athletes in history. It was crushed in 1890 along with the Players League and dissolved. Attempts to unionize took place in 1900, 1912, 1922, and 1946, all of which failed. In 1954, the Major League Baseball…
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