Major League Baseball: The End of the Fehr Era

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Major League Baseball is losing an icon. Don Fehr is retiring after 26 years. He’s not a second baseman or even a coach. He’s the executive director of the Major League Baseball Player’s Association and on his watch a lot has happened in the world of baseball. Will he be remembered for helping players gets rich or allowing steroid use to proliferate? The Takeaway’s Sports Contributor Jeff Beresford-Howe talks with John Hockenberry about the legacy of Don Fehr.

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