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FORT MYERS, Fla. - One of the most bizarre days in spring training history begins yesterday at 8:45 a.m., when a somber Terry Francona plops himself down in the dugout at City of Palms Park and reveals he has just informed his coaches and staff that, contrary to what he had told them previously, they will not be paid a $40,000 stipend for the team's trip to Japan. "For some [of the staff], the ... [link]

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Red Sox Links: Mar. 20th
Published 3/20/2008 by Matthew Hume at New England Sports Blog
Boston Globe (Steve Silva)  Bartolo Colon, Keith Ginter & Joe Thurston To Minors Boston Globe (Nick Cafardo)  Red Sox Players Go To Bat For Coaches Boston Globe (Jackie MacMullan)  For Red Sox, It Was A Time For Team Unity AP (Howard Ulman)  Okajima Struggled In Boston's 4-3 Loss To Toronto Stats.com  Toronto Blue Jays (4)  Boston Red Sox ...

Shocking news! Joba to start season in 'pen
Published 3/20/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . The Red Sox were under the impression that their trip to Japan meant a $40,000 stipend for players and coaches . It seems like the team or somebody in MLB pulled a switcheroo, which is really horrible when you think that $40K is about one-third of many coaches' salaries. Thankfully, the situation has been rectified. Kudos to Pete Caldera for bucking the mainstream trend of talking about Joba -- rightly figuring everyone else had that covered -- and talking about Jason Giambi ...

Hit & Run-Happy March Madness!
Published 3/20/2008 by SA at Ladies...
... The Red Sox players held a mini strike because their coaches wasn’t going to be paid. That’s a really decent thing they did. But crisis was adverted, they played against the Blue Jays, and got on a plane to Japan. ...

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