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'Regular genius' to be next union chief

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Monday, June 22, 2009

Michael Weiner, the man in line to succeed Donald Fehr as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, has a fondness for Bruce Springsteen. He's an avid reader, a devoted family man and a former Little League coach. And, like Ted Williams and Bobby Knight, he doesn't have much use for neckties. If it were possible to go through life in jeans, flannel shirts and Chuck Taylor sneakers, Weiner wouldn't have much reason to complain. Will his new, heightened profile as head ...

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