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A Whole Different Ball Game: The Inside Story of the Baseball Revolution (Paperback)

~ (Author) "IF YOU ARE ELECTED executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, your general counsel will be Richard Nixon..." (more)
Key Phrases: league player rep, benefit plan agreement, player reps, Players Association, New York, Bowie Kuhn (more...)

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A fascinating account…very well written by the man at the center of it all…. Spiced with hilarious behind-the-scenes anecdotes. -- BookCrossing.com

Baseball fans may…have more fun spending their money on this new edition of the book... -- Star Democrat, Easton, MD

Provides an 'inside' story of baseball…. Outlines [Miller's] influence and baseball history. -- The Bookwatch

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Marvin Miller, the first executive director to the Major League Baseball Players Association, recounts his experience in dealing with club owners and his success in winning a new role for the players. He helped virtually end the system that bound an athlete to one team forever, and thereby raised salaries enormously.

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Paperback: 456 pages
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher (September 25, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1566635993
ISBN-13: 978-1566635998
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #274,165 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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IF YOU ARE ELECTED executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, your general counsel will be Richard Nixon." Read the first page

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league player rep, benefit plan agreement, player reps, pension negotiations, major league service, baseball monopoly, salary arbitration, pension agreement, elected executive director, reserve rules, reserve clause, club losing, baseball establishment, strike insurance, impartial arbitration, negotiating meeting, baseball officials

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Players Association, New York, Bowie Kuhn, World Series, Supreme Court, Curt Flood, Dick Moss, George Steinbrenner, John Gaherin, American League, National League, Los Angeles, Walter O'Malley, Player Relations Committee, Red Sox, Steelworkers Union, Fay Vincent, Marvin Miller, Reggie Jackson, Don Fehr, Hall of Fame, Robin Roberts, Peter Seitz, Ray Grebey, Willie Mays

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Revolution In Baseball, September 22, 2006

By	Mr. Richard D. Coreno "Mr. C" (Berea, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

For many sports fans, Marvin Miller is an out-of-touch windbag who made statements on steroids only East German women swimmers would have appreciated during 2005 interviews on national radio sports-talk programs.

It was too bad because his work in creating a true baseball player's union revolutionized the game and showed the bargaining power of athletes who work as one voice at the negotiating table.

Miller, with a labor background as chief economist and assistant to the president of the steelworkers' union, became the first executive director of the MLB Players Association in 1966. At this time the team owners controlled the game at all levels - from preventing movement of players from team to team through the reserve clause to hand-picking a liason for the players to management to oversee the miniscule pension plan.

A group of players wanted to break away from being the pawns of management, but it was a tough mountain to climb. And the path may have been paved by an icon in blue pinstripes.

Miller cites aging superstar Mickey Mantle as the key player in setting the foundation for the association. Though Mantle denied it, Miller says the Yankee great delayed his retirement in 1968 so he could give the association his personal vote of confidence, which then weighed heavily on players to favor the plan.

Upon his retirement in 1983, Miller had led the charge to end the reserve clause; arbitration in labor disputes; the right for veteran players to veto trades; an improved pension plan; and, most importantly, the recognition of the players' association as the vehucle to bargain collectively, with players having the right to use agents to negotiate individual contracts.

Miller has pointed comments toward those he faced at the negotiating table, with particular venom aimed at Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. He is also quick to credit the players for pushing for change and that he was only voicing their demands to management.

It can be argued that Miller was the most important figure not to wear a uniform. The book is important for its historical significance, but please flip the radio dial if Miller is being queried by a talk-show host.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Book, September 8, 2006

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This book was actually written to give current major leaguers, who were born after Miller was appointed as Executive Director of the Players Association in 1967, some perspective on what conditions the earlier players faced with the MLB owners and had to go through to form the union. So why not sell it to the public, and make a few extra bucks.

Miller didn't care for former baseball commissioners Eckert, Kuhn, and Uberroth. Lord knows why the baseball owners chose Spike Eckert or gave him a seven year contract, but he was only given three years on the job before he was ousted. Eckert probably needed a job when he was hired and is a good example why you shouldn't hire somebody who's unemployed.

Kuhn, a former assistant general counsel to MLB, was probably promoted over his head by a level or two. This is evidenced by his term as commissioner and his subsequent attempts to practice law. He spent only a short time with the first law firm at which he practiced, and the law firm that he founded eventually went bankrupt. Uberroth knew little about baseball. Having lived through all these commissioners I had low regard for the commissioners too, but it was interesting to hear an insider's prospective of them. Miller also thought that Kuhn's book "Hardball" was delusional. There are a few factual errors in the book, but overall a good read.

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