Steve Rogers Reflects on a Lifetime of Service to Baseball

This week’s guest on “Stitch x Stitch’’ is Steve Rogers, a five-time All-Star who spent his entire 13-year career with the Montreal Expos. Steve was a true workhorse on the mound, ranking third in the major leagues behind Phil Niekro and Steve Carlton in innings pitched from 1974-83. He was also a respected player leader and a key advisor to Marvin Miller and Donald Fehr during a time of rapid change for the union and the game. Steve began working full-time for the Players Association in the late ‘90s and continues to contribute with his historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the union’s pension and benefit plans. His passion for the game and the cause of players burns just as brightly today as it did when he threw his first big league pitch with the Expos in 1973. Chapters (00:00:00) - Stitch by Stitch Podcast(00:02:00) - Steve Rogers on The Yankees Drafting Him(00:08:26) - Tim Rainey on Being Traded by the Expos(00:14:47) - Rose on Becoming a Union Representative(00:18:50) - Mike Myers on the Pension(00:21:19) - Bob Boone on the Negotiations(00:29:01) - Walter Payton on the Strike of 1981(00:35:54) - The Free Agency Controversy(00:41:54) - The Unions' Executive Director Michael Wiener(00:44:37) - Steve Rogers on the Collective Bargaining Cycle(00:49:13) - MLBPA: Stitch by Stitch