The passing of Marvin Miller will have some folks thinking he’s on his way to have St. Peter open up the Pearly Gates for him, a savior who secured for professional athletes a negotiating power they previously never possessed. Others will be convinced he’s on the Hell Express, a minion of Satan who pushed the financial pendulum too far in the opposite direction. Whichever direction Miller’s headed, I offer prayers and condolences to his family that he may rest in peace.
“Some of the player representatives were leery about picking a union man,” Hall of Fame pitcher and U.S. Senator Jim Bunning, a member of the screening committee that recommended Miller, recalled in a 1974 interview. “But he was very articulate … not the cigar-chewing type some of the guys expected.”
It also gives me a legit excuse to re-post relevant clips from Looking for Oscar …
Well, duh & double duh & triple duh. I read the 3D “cast” bios & there was no mention of EP’s accomplishments in the film world!! Color me duh!
I never saw Looking for Oscar (I recall when it was released that I thought it was about an aspiring actor or somethin’).
I din’t know EP is an actor who has actually been in a film or two or more (unlike moi who is an actress in her own mind only.
So, I am not worthy! (and may I have your autograph, EP?)
P.S. I intend to watch Looking for Oscar in toto ASAP.
Bravo! P.S. That dude was 95 years old! Good on him.
Flattered, TCR, but you’d be very disappointed with the value of the autograph. Still, in the words of the mighty Grandpaboy hisself, I ain’t done much but what I’ve done’s alright.
Hope you enjoy Looking for Oscar as much as I loved making the little indie that didn’t. Great storytellers those ballplayers.
The intrinsic value is incalculable.
I’m holding out for an autographed copy…
[cue crickets borrowed from goozer's "Hall of Fame, Corrected" occasional comments]
Harsh, bro — harsh.
However, your doco is totally comment (and praise) worthy — unlike some of those bands you posted about.
Harsh as in touche, but sure.
Thankee kindly on the LFO praise as well. Bummer it never reached a wider audience or I could raise $60,000 to buy the masters from my producers.
oops — I misspelled “touché”…
It is indeed a bummer that you can’t get the masters.