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Great Book: A Bitter Cup of Coffee

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For the 874 retired Major League Baseball players who played between 1947 and 1979 that did not play long enough to qualify for a pension, they have been left with an awful taste in their mouths over the amended vesting requirements of the 1980 contract. Players who entered Major League Baseball after 1980 have only needed one day of service credit for health benefits and 43 days to be eligible for a retirement allowance.

Douglas Gladstone's new book, "A Bitter Cup of Coffee", released in April 2010 by Word Association Publishers, details the plight of the aforementioned players, many of whom are of retirement age, in their quest to get the Major League Baseball Players Association to retroactively amend the vesting requirement to include them.

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  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    Funny you bring this up: Two nights ago a spent a great evening at Denny Riddleberger's house (former pitcher for Senators and Indians), and he had MUCH to say about this very topic.
  • What was the tone of his conversation? I would he was in support of this movement.
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