Union files grievance after Astros release Chacon

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ESPN: Union grievance: Chacon ‘unlawfully terminated’
Published 7/1/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
ESPN: Union grievance: Chacon ‘unlawfully terminated’ The players’ association filed a grievance Tuesday over the release of pitcher Shawn Chacon, saying the team’s decision to terminate his contract was without just cause. Chacon cleared waivers and was released Monday, five days after a physical altercation with Houston Astros general manager Ed Wade in the clubhouse. I really need a job where I can sign a multi-million dollar contract, suck at what I do, attack my boss, and be able to claim I was fired unlawfully.

MLBPA Says Astros Terminated Chacon Without Cause
Published 7/1/2008 by Rob (noreply@blogger.com) at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
Now, that's rich.

Baseball Divas
Published 7/5/2008 by Peter Schiller at Baseball Reflections
... recently received two black eyes due to the incidents in Houston between Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon and GM Ed Wade and the other incident also being in Houston, but this time on the visitor’s side between Red Sox LF Manny Ramirez and Boston’s travelling secretary Jack McCormick. The Houston Astros Incident The Astros incident arose when Chacon had a physical altercation with his GM where the player shoved his GM to the ground. The ESPN story tell of how the GM Wade asked the player Chacon to come into the manager’s office (Cecil Cooper) when Chacon proceeded to shove Wade ...