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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
MLB, stipends, Japan, boycotts
By Tangotiger, 10:25 AM
Soap opera in MLB. If MLB were smart, they’d have cameras following Selig, Dupuy, Francona, Schilling, and everyone else. It’d make a great TV show. The short of the matter is simply:
MLB’s decision not to extend an appearance fee of $40,000 to all team coaches making the trip to Japan. All players are receiving the $40,000 appearance fee for the Tokyo trip.
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According to Francona, the coaching staffs of previous MLB trips to Japan all were paid the same stipend as the players.