Marvin Miller
Marvin Miller
Marvin Julian Millerwas the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Associationfrom 1966 to 1982. Under Miller's direction, the players' union was transformed into one of the strongest unions in the United States. In 1992, Red Barber said, "Marvin Miller, along with Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, is one of the two or three most important men in baseball history."...
determine trap
We want to trap them to determine how many there are.
admission civil clearly constitution criminal good looking past possible violated
It's not good enough (for the NHLPA) to say they've done it like this in the past, ... That's just an admission of guilt. They've clearly violated their constitution and it makes it possible that they could be looking at a civil and criminal offense.
bank difference mean stupid thief
It's the difference between a very stupid bank thief and a very skillful one. It doesn't mean the skillful one will not get caught.
adviser becomes director imaginable leading role senior smells takes worst
The whole thing smells bad. You have a so-called senior adviser who takes the leading role in making one of the worst settlements imaginable and then becomes director of the union.
address hope sit
We hope to sit down with them and address their concerns.
ask calls commit errors fair far last management owners strike stupid track
What the owners are doing calls for a strike, ... I think it's fair to say owners are on track to commit same errors as in 1994. But I'm the last person to ask if there will be a strike because I don't have any management connections. I can't say how far management is going to go being stupid again.