For more than a century the owners of baseBall franchises conducted their business like feudal barons, with the players in the role of serfs.
Here he recounts his experience in dealing with club owners and his success in winning a new role for the pla.
This situation began to change in 1966, when the Major League BaseBall Players Association was formed and Marvin Miller, who had been chief economist and assistant to the president of the steelworkers\' union, became its first executive director.
For more than a century the owners of baseBall franchises conducted their business like feudal barons, with the players in the role of serfs