Donald Fehr: A Players Union's Winner

HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN one of the most hated men in baseball, but not in the eyes of the Major League Baseball Players Association. They should be thanking him immensely for helping them secure the financial future of their grandkids' grandkids. While Marvin Miller established free agency with as shrewd a move as you'll ever see in baseball, to borrow a football phrase, Donald Fehr took the ball and ran with it into the end zone. As a result, players are exponentially richer than they were 26 years ago when he first began leading the players' union. Everything bargained for was about securing player salaries, even at the expense of player reputations as a result of the steroids scandal.