Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey elected to the Hall

[Frank A]

Millers a bum. He should never get in. He is one of the guys that ruined Baseball. And, yes it has been ruined. It is now a game of greed and money. Players have no loyalty except for the mighty doller. Screw Miller!!!!!!!!!!

[Chris-Counts]

How is Marvin Miller responsible for ruining baseball? Hasn't money and greed always been part of the game? (see the Black Sox scandal, the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees, infamously cheapskate owners, etc.) I agree there has been a common perception that money and greed have ruined baseball since the beginning of the free agent era in the mid-1970s, but baseball has been a business since the Red Stockings got paid in 1869, and the owners and players have been fighting over money ever since. The biggest difference today is that as a result of a landmark court case (that simply applied widely accepted labor laws to baseball) not only are owners rich, but so are the players ...

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Frank A

Millers a bum. He should never get in. He is one of the guys that ruined Baseball. And, yes it has been ruined. It is now a game of greed and money. Players have no loyalty except for the mighty doller. Screw Miller!!!!!!!!!!

You have no idea what you're talking about. Baseball was ALWAYS a game (really a business) of greed and money. All Miller did was help shift some of that money from the owners to the people doing the actual work (the players.)

Players had no "loyalty" in previous eras. They also had no options back then.


Edited to add: Chris types faster than I do.