Donald Fehr announced his retirement Monday as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. It has been a high privilege to be entrusted with the leadership of this extraordinary union for the last 25 years, and I am enormously proud of what the players have accomplished during that time, said Fehr, who has held the position since 1983. But now, about two years before the next round of collective bargaining, is the right time for me to relinquish my position and for the players to name new leadership, Fehr said in a release.

By Ken Davidoff, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jan. 16--WASHINGTON -- The alleged offending players have received the brunt of the scrutiny from baseball's Mitchell Report.

Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, union chief Donald Fehr and former Senate majority leader George Mitchell were grilled by Congress on drug problems with the sport.

Barry Bonds' team should have reported concerns about the home run king's personal trainer to Major League Baseball, commissioner Bud Selig told the U.S. Congress on Tuesday during a hearing on the sport's steroids era.

The baseball players' union is worried commissioner Bud Selig is trying to hold down the price of Alex Rodriguez's next contract and that teams might be sharing information about their free-agent plans.