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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Stan The Puppet?
Murray Chass continues to knock them out when he does his investigative journalism, and reports on what the witnesses and experts say:
“The owners,” Miller continued, “panicked at the dual threat of a union and Mexico and offered a pension plan for the first time. Pensions were unheard of in professional sports at the time.
“Musial was on the committee considering the pension plan,” Miller said, “and as far as I could determine from the records, he was on the committee because the owners appointed him and not the players.”
The committee created a plan for players with five years or more in the majors. However, it included a limiting provision. To be eligible for a pension, a five-year player had to be on a roster the last day of the 1946 season and the first day of the 1947 season.
“It disqualified everyone who went to Mexico,” Miller said, “It was a very severe disqualification.”
A player could have 10, 15, 20 years of major league service but if he played in Mexico in 1946 or was released before the final day of the season, there would be no pension.
“It’s clear from looking at the records,” Miller said, “that that provision was aimed clearly at players who played in Mexico. Musial was part and parcel of that committee. I’ve looked and looked and never found anything about anyone raising a protest about that.”
Less TJ Simers, and more of this kind of stuff please.
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