For those who believe in collective bargaining and who share the author's passion for baseball in a complicated world, Getting On Base captures the author's love of baseball , once sharedwith his father, a minor league second basemanplaying in Peoria, Illinois. The labor lawyer/arbitratorand former teacher of constitutional law argues that what happens to minor leaguers is not fair.It's time for a new union to step up to the plate andchallenge the MLBPA and major league owners.