A Whole Different Ball Game: The Inside Story of Basbeall's New Deal

Marvin Miller. Simon & Schuster, $13 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-76942-0

Executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1966 to 1983, Miller engineered tremendous new freedoms and fortunes for baseball's athletes. Here he pays tribute to himself, but also to the players who made sacrifices for their union. A top sports book. Photos. (May)

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