Some players ineligible for the benefits awarded in recent decades can’t even afford health insurance. In…
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Former 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.…
Continue ReadingHOFer 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…
Continue ReadingRogers sells Tulsa teammate Tabb down the river
Rogers sells Tulsa teammate out For the past decade, I have attempted to help a group…
Continue ReadingA 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,…
Continue ReadingMLB, union strike out on fair pensions
I don’t know George Elder, but I know of him. Not because he was a United…
Continue ReadingDoing 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…
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