Blame the 66 minute Red Sox strike on, of course, the Yankees
(NY Times): "The confusion stemmed from the negotiations between the union and Major League Baseball over how much the players would get and the amount of the guarantee from the games’ sponsor, Yomiuri Shimbun.
- When the Yankees and the Rays opened the 2004 season in Tokyo, Yomiuri guaranteed $13.5 million. This time, it guaranteed $11 million.
Because the players wanted at least as much as the players received in 2004 to play the games, something had to give. For the players to be guaranteed $40,000 each there would be no money for the coaches and others.
- It was expected, however, that the clubs would take care of the others....
- It was not clear, however, if coaches, trainers and others would receive as much as $40,000. The money will come from the two teams and the commissioner’s office....
- “There are a lot of things to do,” Mussina, their player representative, said, “and if they’re going to board the plane and do the same travel as we are, they deserve just as much as anybody who is going out on the field playing, at least in my opinion, and apparently the Red Sox felt that way, too.”"
- "But this time, the agreement between MLB and the players' association called only for payments to 30 players on each club, and left out the coaches....
- "It was a misunderstanding of what agreement was reached between MLB and the MLBPA," Red Sox president Larry Lucchino said. "We said we would step up and make sure a second pool was created and would seek contributions from all parties."...
- (It's my observation that ultra-ultra rich people--billionaires--are the cheapest, meanest people in the world). sm
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