** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, DEC. 1-2 -- FILE -- ** Marvin Miller, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, answers reporters question during a news conference in new York, in this April 3, 1972 file photo. The man who led baseball players to free agency fell 11 votes shy of election to the Hall of Fame last winter and gets another chance this weekend when the newly reconstituted Veterans Committee meets for the first time. (AP Photo/File)