Six-time All-Star Sam “Sudden Sam” McDowell joins Stitch x Stitch for an unfiltered look at the early years of the MLBPA and the uphill battles Players faced long before free agency reshaped the game. Raised in a Pittsburgh union household, McDowell first encountered Marvin Miller as a child attending a steelworkers’ meeting with his father. He immersed himself in union leadership as a young strikeout machine with the Cleveland Indians in the 1960s, and never hesitated to make his voice heard or his presence felt during the formative years of the MLBPA.

Chapters

• (00:00:05) - Sam McDowell on The Players Association Podcast
• (00:08:35) - Sam Clemens on Gabe Paul Ratted Me Out
• (00:10:52) - Marvin Miller on His Contract
• (00:17:24) - Marvin Gay Paul on His Early Years as Baseball Representative
• (00:27:19) - Kirk Flood on the 1972 Strike
• (00:36:13) - Sandy Koufax on His First Year
• (00:36:53) - Marvin Hall on Baseball's History