Baseball’s Hall of Fame snubs Marvin Miller, who transformed the players’ union
The Takeaway talks with Marvin Miller, a father of the modern era of baseball. Miller took unorganized and underpaid players and convinced them that they, not the owners, are “the game.” Baseball greats Tom Seaver and Joe Morgan have called his exclusion from the owner-driven Hall of Fame a “disgrace.” Guest: Marvin Miller
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