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Peter Miller believes his father deserves his spot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The first executive director of the players’ union, Marvin Miller was elected to the Hall in December 2019, the eighth time that he had been placed under consideration, and to Peter, the recognition seemed “long overdue.” But when Miller is finally inducted on Wednesday—in a ceremony delayed a year by the pandemic—Peter will not be there.