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...reason, one has to return to 1975, when an arbitrator (supported by later court rulings) struck down baseball's reserve clause, which tied players to one team for as long as the club wished. Despite the apparent victory, players' union chief Marvin Miller knew well the laws of supply and demand. If all players are on the market, he reasoned, most will be relatively cheap. If 20 left-handed hitting outfielders are available, teams that need one won't have to pay much. If only two are up for auction, the bidding will be fierce...
...even as militant players were demanding total emancipation, Miller played the great conciliator. Claiming that players recognized the need to foster team continuity and to compensate owners for the time and money spent developing young players, he worked out a compromise: only after they had played in the big leagues for six years could players become free agents. The agreement was good for baseball, Miller said, but he knew it was even better for the athletes. By regulating the flow of talent, Miller created the overheated, not-quite-free-market conditions that have made players wildly rich...
...Shadow," starring Alec Baldwin and Penelope Ann Miller. Penelope, baby, return to being cute and cuddly, we like you better as a comedienne than as a blonde. Entertaining, but not too deep...
Adapted from Edward Albee's play, the film continues along the vein of Arthur Miller, showing the bizarre mind games people in love play with each other. The film beckons you into the lives of these people as you, like the young couple, played by Sandy Dennis and George Segal, witness the manipulation and power plays of the older, "wiser' husband and wife...
Admas' wife, Margaret A. Young '27-'36, died in1978. He is survived by three daughters--M. EloiseAdams of Bethesda, Ma., Elaine Miller of Madison,Wis., and Barbara Thompson of Oak Park, III. Healso leaves behind seven grandchildren and twosisters, Mary Ella Adams and Lula Hage...