Allan Huber "Bud" Selig is an American baseball executive who currently serves as the Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball. Previously,he served as the ninth Commissioner of Baseball from 1998 to 2015. He initially served as de facto acting commissioner beginning in 1992 in his capacity as chairman of the Major League Baseball Executive Committee before being named the official commissioner in 1998. Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike,the introduction of the wild card,interleague play,and the de facto merging of the National and American Leagues under the Office of the Commissioner. He was instrumental in organizing the World Baseball Classic in 2006. Selig also introduced revenue sharing. He is credited for the financial turnaround of baseball during his tenure with a 400 percent increase in the revenue of MLB and annual record breaking attendance.
Francis Thomas Vincent Jr.,known as Fay Vincent,is a former entertainment lawyer,securities regulator,and sports executive who served as the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from September 13,1989,to September 7,1992.
The Commissioner of Baseball is the chief executive officer of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the associated Minor League Baseball (MiLB) –a constellation of leagues and clubs known as "organized baseball". Under the direction of the Commissioner,the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews,and negotiates marketing,labor,and television contracts. The commissioner is chosen by a vote of the owners of the teams. The incumbent MLB commissioner is Rob Manfred,who assumed office on January 25,2015.
Ted Lindsay was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played as a forward for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lindsay scored over 800 points in his Hockey Hall of Fame career,won the Art Ross Trophy in 1950,and won the Stanley Cup four times. Often referred to as "Terrible Ted",Lindsay helped to organize the first attempt at a Players' Association in the late 1950s,an action which led to his trade to Chicago. In 2017,Lindsay was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.
The National Hockey League Players' Association is the labour union for the group of professional hockey players who are under Standard Player Contracts to the 32 member clubs in the National Hockey League (NHL) located in the United States and Canada. The association represents its membership in all matters dealing with their working conditions and contractual rights as well as serving as their exclusive collective bargaining agent.
The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is the labor union representing all current Major League Baseball players. All players,managers,coaches,and athletic trainers who hold or have held a signed contract with a Major League club are eligible for membership in the Association.
Anthony Christopher Clark is an American professional baseball player and executive. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1995 to 2009 and is the sixth executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA),a position he has held since 2013.
The 2004–05 NHL lockout was a labor lockout that resulted in the cancellation of the National Hockey League (NHL) season,which would have been its 88th season of play.
Jerry Michael Reinsdorf is the owner of the NBA's Chicago Bulls and MLB's Chicago White Sox. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the owner of the White Sox and Bulls for over 35 years. As of January 2024,his net worth was estimated at US$2.4 billion.
Marvin Julian Miller was an American labor union leader and baseball executive who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to 1982. Miller led MLBPA during three strikes and two lockouts. Under Miller's direction,the players' union was transformed into one of the strongest unions in the United States.
The 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike was the eighth and longest work stoppage in Major League Baseball (MLB) history,as well as the fourth in-season work stoppage in 22 years. The strike began on August 12,1994,and resulted in the remainder of that season,including the postseason and the World Series,being canceled. This was the first time in ninety years,since 1904,that a World Series was not played. The strike was suspended on April 2,1995,after 232 days,making it the longest such stoppage in MLB history and the longest work stoppage in major league professional sports at the time.
Ricky Allen Helling is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher.
Major League Baseball collusion refers to owners working together to avoid competitive bidding for player services or players jointly negotiating with team owners.
The 1994 New York Yankees season was the 92nd season for the Yankees. New York was managed by Buck Showalter and played at Yankee Stadium. The season was cut short by the 1994 player's strike,which wiped out any postseason aspirations for their first postseason appearance since losing the 1981 World Series and that their star player and captain,Don Mattingly,had. On the day the strike began,the team had a record of 70–43,6+1⁄2 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles,the best record in the American League and the second-best record in Major League Baseball. The Yankees were on pace to win at least 100 games for the first time since 1980. The Yankees' ace,33-year-old veteran Jimmy Key,was leading the majors with 17 wins and was on pace to win 24 games. Right fielder Paul O'Neill was also having a career year,as he was leading the league with a .359 batting average.
Paul V. Kelly is a prominent Massachusetts-based American lawyer,who served as the fourth executive director of the NHL Players' Association from October 24,2007,to August 31,2009,and an executive director of College Hockey,Inc. Kelly is a partner in the Boston office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and is chair of the White Collar &Government Enforcement practice group and co-chair of the Collegiate &Professional Sports Industry practice group.
Michael S. Weiner was an American attorney who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association for four years. He assumed the role on June 22,2009,replacing Donald Fehr,becoming only the fifth executive director of the union. Weiner joined the organization in September 1988 and had been general counsel since 2004.
The Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award is given annually to a Major League Baseball (MLB) player "whose on-field performance and contributions to his community inspire others to higher levels of achievement." The award was created by the Major League Baseball Players' Association (MLBPA) and was presented to the inaugural winner – Mark McGwire –in 1997 as the "Man of the Year Award". Three years later,it was renamed in honor of Marvin Miller,the first executive director of the MLBPA. The award forms part of the Players Choice Awards.
MLB lockout may refer to one of the following lockouts or strike actions in Major League Baseball:
The 2012–13 NHL lockout was a labor dispute between the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) that began at 11:59 pm EDT on September 15,2012. A tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was reached on January 6,2013,with its ratification and signing of a memorandum of understanding on the agreement completed by January 12,2013,119 days after the expiry of the previous CBA.
