RIP Thomas Roberts
Thomas Roberts, the arbitrator who found MLB teams had colluded in the free agent market in the mid 1980’s (and who was fired twice by …
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Thomas Roberts, the arbitrator who found MLB teams had colluded in the free agent market in the mid 1980’s (and who was fired twice by …
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