Health Care and the Minor Leagues
I had no idea that six-year minor league free agents didn't have health insurance. Garrett Broshius, who's kind of like the love child of Jim Bouton and Cesar Chavez, argues in the USA Today that minor leaguers should get guaranteed health insurance in addition to their $10,000-per-year salary. The nerve.
I'm not sure if the minor leaguers will ever have enough leverage to form a union, especially when about 100 of the prospective union members show up to professional baseball with over $100,000 in bonus money every year, but there's no doubt that minor leaguers are getting hosed.
When I started Waiting for Boof, I was making about $12,000 a year and paying for my own health insurance. It was pretty rugged, but I can't imagine how resentful I'd be if I knew that I was one of the best in the world at my job, and that I was creating a ton of value -- actual and potential -- for someone else.
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I often wonder if Garrett Broshius is Grants alternate personality.
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 25, 2009 10:40 AM PST reply actions
And they totally deserve health care year round.
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 25, 2009 10:47 AM PST reply actions
Commencing Health Care Debate flame war in 3….2….1…..
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
Do you have your captain’s authorization code to initialize the blog self-destruct sequence?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 25, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Nine-five-wictor-wictor-two
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/golf clap
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 25, 2009 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
roger, roger
What’s your vector, Victor?
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Nov 25, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
Do you have the clearance, Clarence?
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
"Huh?" (In Abdul - Jabbar voice)
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Nov 26, 2009 1:12 AM PST up reply actions
Sadly, that could have used an extra proofread.
Even without it, though, the idea is much more inspired than the execution.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 25, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
At least my picture would have been funnier.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 25, 2009 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
This deserves to be considered in the next CBA
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 25, 2009 10:56 AM PST reply actions
Garrett Broshius: Too smart to be a Giant or w-a-y too smart to be a Giant?
I really hope he catches lightning in a bottle and makes it to the bigs—even if it’s just for the proverbial
cup o java.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
This is what I thought
that was pretty impressive coming from an athlete.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 25, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Healthcare is for the weak.
If TV has taught me one thing, it’s that pretty much anything can be cured with a large hunting knife and a bottle of grain alcohol.
Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu
My hunting knife is only average sized.
I guess we can’t all be Lars.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 25, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
But proportion your average knife beats Lars.
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 25, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
I can slice carrots in the kitchen without ever leaving the living room.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 25, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
You can swim a frozen river as long as you get naked right after.
... null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time
But it’s frozen…
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 25, 2009 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
Minor detail. What’s important is the nekkid.
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and if for some reason you end up in the desert the next day with no water or transportation. Remember to pee on your shirt and wrap it around your head.
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 25, 2009 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
And no cheating by using the camera crew’s pee.
... null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time
But that is one of the fringe benefit!
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 25, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
But what if you have pre-renal kidney failure? What are you gonna do then, smart guy?
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Redistribute The Wealth
Let them get it on their own or if you believe in redistributing the wealth then MLBPA could cover their lessen brethen.
You’d think that a business that depends on the bodies of its employees for its profits would have enough of a clue to insure that these bodies are kept healthy.
I should know better than to expect such things from the world.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
/reports Grant to the CIA, FBI, ICE, NSA, and the rotting corpse of Joe McCarthy as a a pinko socialist Stalinist Commie Nazi.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
I imagine. No reason the shouldn’t.
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 25, 2009 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
If these players are free agents, why would they get health insurance? Free Agency is just a fancy word for employed. Am I missing something?
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Nov 25, 2009 2:49 PM PST reply actions
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Nov 25, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
YOU LIE!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 25, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
You know what is awesome?
The 7/10 gameday thread is awesome. I just read the whole thing.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 25, 2009 2:56 PM PST reply actions
PUBLIK OPSHUN FTW!!!
A hearty thank you to Rich Aurilia for all the good memories, and to the Niners for finally getting the uni's (mostly) right.
Insurance, schminsurance
who cares about that when they could just have access to Ginats’ crack medical staff all year round? The leeches, the skinner boxes, and a brand new box of bullets to bite on. They did wonders for Lowry!
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
to be serious
this is a matter of adding about 125 people to the group policy they already maintain for their other employees, I guess. Someone here should be able to ballpark (sorry) a cost for that. Cheaper for the Rangers and Astros than the Ginats and A’s, I know that much.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
So you made 12000 a year for writing about baseball?
I would explode with joy if I got that gig. Or something.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Having read Waiting for Boof, I’m pretty sure that wasn’t what he was making money for (although it was a great site).
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
That's what I was thinking
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on Nov 25, 2009 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t want to talk about health-care anymore.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
We could talk about punctuation instead.
And why that hyphen shouldn’t be there.
Pick your poison sauce.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 25, 2009 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
Why no hockey on channel 89?
... null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time
I've watched a lot of hockey
I can’t recall seeing two shorthanded goals on the same penalty kill. Pretty epic.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Nov 26, 2009 7:24 AM PST up reply actions
Whoops. I do love the hyphen. I think I’ve been talking about health care so much lately that my frustration on the topic has warped my grammar centers.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
What is the legal status of a free agent? Are they still technically “employed” by their old team until they are re-signed?
I don’t know. The problem is there’s so many hundreds of thousands of minor league players. I work with 3 ex MiLB and my company is only ~20 people.
Nobody likes money
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