Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Boycott averted, Red Sox headed to Japan

Red Sox going to Japan

The Red Sox threatened to boycott the trip to Japan this morning, after learning yesterday that the coaches were not going to receive the $40,000 compensation that was expected.

So far, members of the Red Sox have made it sound like MLB was either untruthful or deceptive, hinting that money was promised and then not paid.

I have a hard time believing this, and the Globe has a more feasible explanation.

According to the source, in the past, the coaches’ compensation has come from the players’ portion of the pool. This time around the coaches were eliminated from that pool. Did someone not tell the players? That’ll be the interesting question to Sox player reps after the game.

The source said that coaches, and managers as well as the training staff will all be compensated and the final amount is expected to exceed $40,000 per man.

The major league source was miffed that they are being portrayed as the ones who backed out of an agreement.

I’m thinking MLB promised they would throw a certain amount of money into the pot, the players thought it would be split up among everybody, but then found out that the coaches weren’t eligible to receive it and freaked out.

I know that MLB will take some hits for this, but kudos to them for making it right in the end. And kudos to the Red Sox for standing up for their coaches. The fluffing they’re getting on ESPN is reaching Jeter-like proportions.

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