SELIG ENDORSES MARVIN MILLER FOR HALL OF FAME

"Commissioner Bud Selig said yesterday that he believed Marvin Miller deserved to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a surprising endorsement considering that Miller created the Players Association that was in protracted conflict with the owners for many years.Selig put in a word for the retired Miller as he spoke of the need for “adjustments” in the Hall’s reconstituted veterans committee.

• The veterans committee is controlled by the Hall of Fame, not Major League Baseball, but Selig has input as a member of the Hall’s board of directors. Selig made his remarks at a meeting of the Associated Press Sports Editors in New York."

From New York Times article by Jay Schreiber, 4/27/07, "Selig Says Miller Should be in the Hall." BUT THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED 4/4/07:

• “We don’t tell the Hall of Fame what to do,” said Pat Courtney, a spokesman for Major League Baseball. “We think that’s a good thing.”

Since most interested in this story are BBWAA members or would like to be, nothing will be done.

• Item from 4/4/07 NY Times article by Jack Curry, "Artifacts Tied to Steroids Find Place in Hall's Museum."

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