Comments on: The last replacement player is released http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 25 May 2013 03:33:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: micker716 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137776 Sun, 15 May 2011 05:10:34 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137776 Scab!

]]> By: havlicekstoletheball http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137697 Sat, 14 May 2011 10:25:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137697 Calacaterra, you manage to fit in your pro-union stance and bash replacement players, as the major leaguers couldn’t bear playing for only $80,000 a GAME, with huge pensions and top-flight medical care for life.

You failed to mention that Mahay broke into the majors as an outfielder, with the Red Sox. I was at Fenway in 95 when he hit a home run. He later pitched for Boston, as well.

]]> By: skerney http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137665 Fri, 13 May 2011 22:36:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137665 Is the stub from one of the games the Giants won, or from the game that Dusty Baker started Salomon Torres instead of one of his two 20 game winners?

]]> By: skerney http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137664 Fri, 13 May 2011 22:34:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137664 Being a baseball fan, I always felt for the replacement players. Being a union man, I feel you cross the line and you pay a price.

]]> By: dparker713 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137663 Fri, 13 May 2011 22:18:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137663 I fail to see why crossing the picket line would be either a philospohical or a moral question. Unions and labor laws are designed to give economically disadvantaged people choices. Seems rather odd to believe that someone like Mahay should not make the best choice for his career out of some sense of loyalty to a group that he did not or may never belong. He made a decision that he believed was the best for his career, as all of the members of the union were doing. Afterall, its not like the union was on strike to improve the plight of minor leaguers.

]]> By: koufaxmitzvah http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137660 Fri, 13 May 2011 22:00:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137660 I miss the Expos, too, and I’ve got the elb cap to prove it. As much as I appreciate what unions do for America, I feel the MLB union and Commissioner’s office really screwed the fans over in 1995, and subsequently lost all Montreal support. Aside from shutting down the Expos amazing season prematurely and not having a World Series, we missed out on a potential .400 season by Tony Gwynn and a 61+ home run season by some San Fran third baseman.

Of the replacement player group, Matt Herges was on my team. He earned this fan’s respect by pitching well when called upon, and I was happy to follow his career (aside from his time in San Fran).

I still have my season ending series Dodgers-Giants tickets from that season. Reserve section, 4 rows up the 1st baseline, $8.

That was a great strike, huh?

]]> By: missthemexpos http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137650 Fri, 13 May 2011 20:56:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137650 The 94 Expo’s were kicking some serious butt when the strike started, alas we will never know if they would have been the champs.

]]> By: jwbiii http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137646 Fri, 13 May 2011 20:31:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137646 I saw that Ron Mahay and Jon Huber were released and Todd Wellemeyer retired on the same day. I assume that they had contract provisions that specified that they had to be promoted within 30 after the MiLB season began. I did not realize that Mahay was the last of replacement players/scabs.

I’m afraid the Barry Bonds/Joe Young thing was an homage to this. A choice in poor taste at best, at worst. . .

]]> By: rje49 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137643 Fri, 13 May 2011 20:28:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137643 I distinctly remember the Orioles saying they won’t play with replacement players, and I knew the reason why. Quite simply, if the Baltimore Orioles played an official major league game without Cal Ripkin in the line-up, his streak would be over. The fact that he was “on strike” would make no difference.

]]> By: Joe http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137636 Fri, 13 May 2011 19:59:24 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137636 IIRC, he was an outfielder in the replacement-player days, but his entire MLB career has been as a pitcher. So does he REALLY count as a replacement player?

]]> By: clydeserra http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137633 Fri, 13 May 2011 19:56:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137633 I am with you Craig. I feel bad for those guys who were, for the most part organizational players with no real shot. But still it was a mistake to cross the picket line.

Unfortunatly the players association has no leg to stand on refusing them benefits now as they totally blew off the Umpire labor strife the next year.

]]> By: catsmeat http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/comment-page-1/#comment-137627 Fri, 13 May 2011 19:38:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137627 Ron Mahay?

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