▁Miller ' s ▁most ▁trust ed ▁advis ors ▁at ▁the ▁ML B PA . ▁Richard ▁M . ▁M oss ▁later ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁become ▁an ▁ML B ▁agent . ▁The ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁collect ive ▁b arg aining ▁agreement ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁its ▁kind ▁in ▁pro ▁sports . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁players ▁gained ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁have ▁gr iev ances ▁heard ▁by ▁an ▁im partial ▁arbitr ator . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁they ▁achieved ▁a ▁limited ▁right ▁to ▁have ▁sal ary ▁dem ands ▁subject ed ▁to ▁arbitr ation . ▁ ▁ML B ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁professional ▁sport ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁not ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁sal ary ▁cap . ▁ ▁( Al though ▁a ▁compet itive ▁balance ▁tax ▁has ▁been ▁implemented ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁where by ▁any ▁teams ▁that ▁exceed ▁a ▁mut ually ▁agreed ▁upon ▁amount ▁in ▁total ▁sal aries ▁are ▁ass essed ▁the ▁tax ▁which ▁is ▁paid ▁to ▁ML B ▁and ▁put ▁in ▁an ▁industry ▁growth ▁fund ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁sport ▁compet itive .) ▁ ▁Form er ▁ML B ▁Commission er ▁F ay ▁Vincent ▁said ▁upon ▁learning ▁of ▁Miller ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁" I ▁think ▁he ' s ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁baseball ▁figure ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁ 5 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁He ▁changed ▁not ▁just ▁the ▁sport ▁but ▁the ▁business ▁of ▁the ▁sport ▁perman ently , ▁and ▁he ▁truly ▁em an cip ated ▁the ▁baseball ▁player ▁– ▁and