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Michael Weiner, the plain-speaking, ever-positive labor lawyer who took over as head of the powerful baseball players' union four years ago and smoothed its perennially contentious relationship with management, died Thursday, 15 months after announcing he had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The Major League Players Association said Weiner died at his home in Mansfield Township, N.J. Earlier in the day, New York Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera praised Weiner. Former big league All-Star Tony Clark took over Thursday as acting executive director and is to be approved as Weiner's successor when the union's board meets from Dec. 2-5 at La Jolla, Calif. ''Words cannot describe the love and affection that the players have for Michael, nor can they describe the level of sadness we feel today,'' Clark said in a statement.
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