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Thursday, February 19, 2004
TPG Investigates!
Earlier today 6-4-2 posted this link to a post on the Angels’ official message board. The post claimed that a fan petition managed to convince the MLBPA to reinstate Brenden Donnelly (and the other 1995 replacement players) into the league’s marketing deal. This sounded highly unlikely to me, so I launched a full-scale investigation (which consisted of reading the OC Register and sending an e-mail to MLBPA). Here’s what I found:
It is indeed true that the MLBPA has ended its ban on replacement players from appearing on team merchandise. I don’t know if the petition had anything to do with it, and I’m not sure if he is now a full member of the union (I’m still waiting for a response from MLBPA), but either way this is a big step for the “scabs.”
Some would have you believe that most Major Leaguers who went on strike in 1994 still resent the replacement players, but I just don’t buy it. If a gay ballplayer (I know- he claims he’s straight. Look, we all needed a little extra cash in college, but I know doing gay porn was the furthest thing from my mind.) seems to be generally accepted in a lockeroom then surely these guys have nothing to worry about.
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