RESIGN FIRST, PAY LATER

Marvin Miller, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, denounced Astros manager Leo Durocher as "childish" yesterday for calling his players out of a meeting for practice. Miller had been explaining the terms of the new agreement between players and managers.

Miller called Durocher a "free-loader riding the backs of his fellow managers and players, "but Durocher continued to refuse to pay a $250 fine imposed by National League President Chubb Feeney.