mlb.mlb.com - 6/22/2009
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By Bobbie Dittmeier / MLB.com 06/22/09 4:35 PM ET Don Fehr has decided to retire and will leave his position as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a post he has held since 1985. Fehr, 60, informed player representatives during a conference call on Monday of his ...
sports.espn.go.com - 6/22/2009
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Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director
of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position...
he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. The announcement is expected to be made later on Monday afternoon.
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ESPN Source: Fehr stepping down as MLBPA head
bizofbaseball.com - 6/22/2009
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UPDATE (5:00pm ET) - Baseball Commissioner Allan H.
(Bud) Selig issued the following statement today regarding the...
resignation of Don Fehr, the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association: “For more than 25 years, Don has represented his constituency with passion, ...
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BREAKING: DONALD FEHR TO STEP DOWN AS HEAD OF MLBPA
bteambombers.com - 6/24/2009
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Donald Fehr… What a guy! I look at
this man, I hear him speak and I’m baptized...
in clarity–this is why my father would have disowned me if I became a lawyer. Seriously. He told me and my brothers, “You guys can do anything you want. But if any of you turn out to be bankers or lawyers, you’re ...
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Donald Fehr to step down
XM MLB Chat —
MLB.com: "Don Fehr, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association since 1985, will relinquish the position on Monday, according to a report on ESPN. He will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, a source told ESPN. Fehr, 60, succeeded Marvin Miller as union chief when he was named acting director in 1983, and he was elected executive director in December 1985. Fehr joined the Players Association as general counsel in August 1977. Two years prior, while with the Kansas City law firm of Jolley, Moran, Walsh, Hager & Gordon on behalf of the union, he worked on the landmark case ...
Players Union to Be Led By a Weiner Instead of a Dick
Tales from Aisle 424 - A Cubs Blog —
MLB.com is reporting that the head of the MLB players union, and all-around dick, Donald Fehr, is stepping down. "Fehr, 60, informed player representatives of his decision during a conference call on Monday, according to the New York Daily News, which cited a source who had been briefed on the call. Fehr told the players that he has been 'doing this for 32 years and it's time to go.'" The man who played a significant role in causing the cancellation of the World Series in 1994, and who at least ignored, if not covered up, players' performance enhancing drug use in the years following will be replaced by Michael Weiner. This news is sure to ...
Tears For Fehr: MLBPA Union Chief Steps Down
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For the last quarter century, there’s been probably no greater figure in sports labor management than Donald Fehr , the head of the Major League Baseball Players’ Association and overseer of several momentous labor deals. Donald Fehr (Fehr, seen here at the Congressional steroid hearings admiring his outstanding ballpoint sketch of FDR proclaiming “The only thing we have to fear is Fehr himself.”) As MLB.COM reports, though, the 60-year-old has decided to step down after 25 years at the helm of the MLBPA , however, citing an unwillingness to get involved in what promises to be yet another contentious collective bargaining agreement. Fortunately for us, however, he leaves us ...
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Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN.
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It's going to be a relatively short and sweet week here on Diamond Hoggers unless there's something monumental that needs us to react to. Well today something monumental happened. Donald Fehr decided to step down as head of the MLB Players Association . Mr. Fehr's most memorable ...
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ESPN is reporting that MLBPA honcho Don Fehr is stepping down:
Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN.
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Posted By: Darren Rovell ESPN is reporting that Don Fehr, the long-time executive director of the Major League Baseball Association, is stepping down. And although he probably didn’t take Stanozolol or Primobolan to enhance his labor negotiations, I’m wondering this afternoon if his name ...
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From ESPN.com: Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he’s held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said.The announcement ...
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"Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said ( ESPN )." The MLB players union is ...
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Breaking news: Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he’s held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said. The
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Breaking news : Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said. The announcement is ...
