Gary Cooper is technical not a “bittercup” ballplayer though his 1980 season was 42 confirmed days. He was on the Atlanta Braves roster with a rainout that was never played and would have made him pension eligible. The story and petition have picked up traction and now is receiving mainstream attention.
San Francisco Business Journal
Why former major-league pitcher Les Cain and other ex-players aren’t scoring pensions By Ron Leuty
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2024/04/16/mlb-pension-les-cain-detroit-tigers.html
Tubbs Baseball Blog
https://tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/an-important-guest-post-from-douglas-j.html
Middletown Native One of 517 Major League Ball Players ‘Hosed out of Pensions’
Former pitcher, Gary Neibauer, wants MLB to take care of all its former players
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/former-pitcher-wants-league-take-care-all-former-players/
75-Year-Old Former East Bay Major Leaguer Gets Help In His Battle Over Pension By Garvin Thomas
Reduced pension prevents former Twins pitcher from expanding sports mission, By Corin Hoggard
Bradford Lee, Royals Review
A Major League Shame
https://www.royalsreview.com/platform/amp/2022/8/29/23316237/a-major-league-shame
David Gardner, New York Times
Feeling Forgotten as Baseball Gets Back to Business
Tacoma Hall of Famer calls for full MLB pensions
Lionel Donovan, KING 5 News
Retired baseball players cry foul over lack of MLB pension
By Deborah Horne, KIRO 7 News April 20, 2021
1) Bill Madden, NY Daily News
2) Mike Woodel, Capital Journal https://www.capjournal.com/news/though-without-mlb-pension-bruno-relishes-post-baseball-life-in-sully-county/article_2e56a630-f927-11eb-959e-0b02b298ff17.html
3) Doug Gladstone, Cleveland.com
4) Max Effgen, SABR BioProject
5) Ken Davidoff, New York Post
https://nypost.com/2021/02/05/how-to-reward-baseballs-unsung-heroes/
6) Troy A. Bruzewski, The diamond led to coal for some
https://www.michigansthumb.com/insider/amp/The-diamond-led-to-coal-for-some-16335695.php
7) Doug Gladstone, NGSC Sports & Seamheads.com
8) Mike Stenhouse, Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-major-league-pension-error-1528844557
9) Rocco Constantino, BallNine