Posts By Doug Gladstone
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41MLBMLB, union strike out on fair pensions
I don’t know George Elder, but I know of him. Not because he was a United States Marine who saw action at...
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117MLBA Tale of Two Birminghamites
Call it the tale of two Birminghamites. Birmingham native Corey Kluber has won the American League Cy Young Award twice, in 2014...
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174MLBAn Open Letter to Tony Clark
Mr. Clark, Good afternoon. I just learned that a former Minnesota Twins pitcher named Hal Haydel died last September. Does that please...
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80Radio ShowsDoing The Right Thing’ Elusive When It Comes to MLB Pensions
When he was profiled in The Okmulgee Times (2012), George Kernek was described by the late Herman Brown as “being among the blessed few.” The previous year,...
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117MLBSteve Rogers Ain’t No Captain America
Topps 1974 Steve Rogers was a great pitcher. I am the first to acknowledge that. He is not a great labor advocate....
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172MLBFormer MLB players paying the price for pension error committed long ago
David Clyde, the iconic Texas Rangers hurler who helped put fans in the seats at Arlington Stadium from 1973 through 1975, when...
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2582MLBDeath of an MLB whistleblower
Mike Colbern, the former Chicago White Sox catcher, recently passed away. Colbern, 63, who excelled on the baseball diamond at Arizona State...