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SI.com: Tom Verducci: Fehr did his job too well, allowing steroids to overwhelm the game

After more than a quarter of a century of serving as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, and on his way out the door, Donald Fehr still marveled at what he called the "freedom" of the position. What other lawyer or labor leader, he said, is given the power "to get to do what you think is the right thing to do." It is a union not run by the rank and file, but by its executive director, "as long as you make a reasonable case for doing what you think is the right thing to do," Fehr said.

SI.com: Ted Keith: As the union makes a change, Miller looks forward, and back

It has been said on more than one occasion that the list of baseball's most significant men is as follows: Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Marvin Miller. The first two were living legends whose stories have been ingrained into the memories of schoolchildren everywhere, and grow more significant with each passing generation.

SI.com: Fehr to retire as head of MLB union by March 31; Weiner will take over

NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Fehr's quarter century in charge of the players' association was marked by a strike that canceled the World Series, record salaries and eventually 14 years of labor peace.

SI.com: Jon Heyman: Cards want Pujols long-term, L.A. sweetens deal for Manny and more

JUPITER, Fla. -- Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt liked what superstar Albert Pujols said upon arriving at camp about winning being more important than money to him when it comes to his next contract.

SI.com: David Epstein: Players union, some agents failed to protect players from themselves

Every year during spring training, Donald Fehr, the executive director of Major League Baseball's Players Association, travels across the country. He starts in Arizona and ends in Florida, stopping along the way to brief every team on the key issues for the year.

SI.com: Michael McCann: Stimulant exemptions in MLB broadens debate

Friday's announcement concerning major league players' drug-test results from 2008 could reignite congressional interest in the use of performance-enhancing substances in Major League Baseball. It may also lead to a broadening of the debate over which types of performance-enhancing substances should be prohibited in baseball. While the debate has mainly centered on strength-inducing substances, such as steroids and human growth hormone, cognitive-enhancing substances, such as amphetamines and possibly even energy drinks, may soon take center stage.

Time.com: MLB Home-Run Replay to Start Thur.

Major League Baseball reversed its long-standing opposition to instant replay and will allow umpires to check video on home run calls in series that start Thursday

Time.com: Baseball Union Could OK HGH Test

Players' union leader Donald Fehr would consider approving blood testing for the human growth hormone if there was a valid, efficient procedure for determining its use over an extended period

SI.com: John Rolfe: Clemens circus a shabby spectacle

Many moons ago, Mad magazine ran photos of prominent politicians with a concise expression of disgust at the bottom of each: Ecccch.

SI.com: Jon Heyman: Clemens could be in trouble against Congress

Roger Clemens had another bad outing on Tuesday. And this time, it didn't come from a pitching mound, in front of a television camera or behind a microphone.

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