Posted on 03/19/2008 6:18:09 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost
According to multiple clubhouse sources, the Red Sox [team stats] will be holding a players-only meeting later this morning concerning the issue regarding the coaches potentially not being paid the $40,000 allocated the players.
The sources indicated that the players will be issuing a mandate to Major League Baseball that if the coaches aren’t paid, then the team will not be getting on the plane later today for Japan.
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
“For example, bullpen catcher Manny Martinez, who would be considered part of the coaching staff on this Japan trip, earns just $30,000 per year.”
Ok, how much should someone who sits there and catches balls earn?
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