Posts By Doug Gladstone
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53MLBLen Boehmer: Another former MLB player shorted by lack of retroactivity
As a businessman who ran his family’s plumbing store for years, Len Boehmer is very well acquainted with leaching, which is the process of...
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76MLBMajor League Baseball Has an Obligation to its Retirees
Some players ineligible for the benefits awarded in recent decades can’t even afford health insurance. In the final episode of M*A*S*H, the pompous...
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70Radio ShowsFormer Padres Paying the Price for Living Longer
A new report released last week does not bode well for onetime San Diego Padres’ players Dick Sharon and Rick Sawyer. According to the World Economic Forum...
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120MLBHOFer Aaron Pointer may be a pioneer, but he still doesn’t rate a MLB pension
This is a story about HOFer Aaron Pointer. The chances are pretty good that even the most diehard baseball fan in Tacoma...
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208MLBSin City? You’re not kidding
Sin City? When did players get so self-entitled? For unmitigated gall, few statements this year beat the one uttered by Las Vegas...
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136BonusRogers sells Tulsa teammate Tabb down the river
Rogers sells Tulsa teammate out For the past decade, I have attempted to help a group of retirees who are not receiving...
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225MLBA union that won’t go to bat for the retired players without MLB pensions
While the New York Mets are busy celebrating the 50th anniversary of their 1969 World Series championship, on Saturday, June 29, the New...
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142MLBThe Old Ballgame? You Have No Idea
For a sport that relies heavily on older fans watching its product, Major League Baseball (MLB) sure treats its retired players disrespectfully....
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268MLBTony Clark is clearly in the dark about how to treat his elders
The meanest man in professional baseball was once a Valhalla High School and Christian High School basketball star who was so dominating...
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156MLBDon Wallace: Another former MLB player to get retro pension
Retro MLB Pensions: Don Wallace For the second time in three years, as a result of my probing, a retired MLB player...