The Red Sox players really manned up today. They refused to take the field in their last exhibition game in Florida for 1.5 hours until Major League Baseball arranged for their coaches and support personnel to receive the same $40K bonus that they were receiving for opening their season in Japan. When was the last time that you’ve seen a bunch of millionaires take a stand in support of the people that support them? To be fair, the current Red Sox players have a history of being generous with their World Series (I never get tired of typing those words) shares, and so what they did today was perfectly consistent. But having the players actually go on strike for something that doesn’t benefit them directly is just great. And as an important side effect, this act can only work in the long run to increase “team bondage.” which is bad news for the rest of baseball.
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