Articles

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Vince Colbert–one of 516 pre-1980 MLB retirees currently ineligible for a pension

https://tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-guest-post-from-author-douglas-j.html

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Aging Major League Baseball Players Deserve Real Pensions — Their Union Should Step Up

https://timesofsandiego.com/author/douglas-j-gladstone

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Arizona Daily Star National opinion: MLB and retirees

https://tucson.com/national-opinion-mlb-and-retirees/article_b148f944-1706-11ef-8aeb-5b3d668f5fc8.html

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Tubbs Baseball Blog: Steve Whitaker and Bill Dillman who are among 516 pre-1980 MLB retirees currently ineligible for a pension

https://tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-guest-post-from-author-douglas-j_28.html

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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.

https://andscape.com/features/former-atlanta-braves-outfielder-gary-cooper-missed-qualifying-for-an-mlb-pension-by-one-day

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/sport/gary-cooper-mlb-pension-atlanta-braves-petition-spt-intl/index.html

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Tubbs Baseball Blog: Scipio Spinks

https://tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-guest-post-from-author-douglas-j.html

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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

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Tubbs Baseball Blog: Mac Scarce

https://tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/an-important-guest-post-from-douglas-j.html

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Middletown Native One of 517 Major League Ball Players ‘Hosed out of Pensions’

Middletown Native One of 517 Major League Ball Players ‘Hosed out of Pensions’

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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/

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75-Year-Old Former East Bay Major Leaguer Gets Help In His Battle Over Pension By Garvin Thomas

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bay-area-proud/75-year-old-former-east-bay-major-leaguer-gets-help-in-his-battle-over-pension/3225851/

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Reduced pension prevents former Twins pitcher from expanding sports mission, By Corin Hoggard

https://www.fox9.com/news/reduced-pension-prevents-former-twins-pitcher-from-expanding-sports-mission

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Bradford Lee, Royals Review

A Major League Shame

https://www.royalsreview.com/platform/amp/2022/8/29/23316237/a-major-league-shame

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David Gardner, New York Times

Feeling Forgotten as Baseball Gets Back to Business

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Tacoma Hall of Famer calls for full MLB pensions

Lionel Donovan, KING 5 News

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-hall-of-famer-calls-full-mlb-pensions/281-bfe670c3-e7df-4c3b-8b1d-f556be81f38f

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Retired baseball players cry foul over lack of MLB pension

By Deborah Horne, KIRO 7 News April 20, 2021

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/retired-baseball-players-cry-foul-over-lack-mlb-pension/S7MMGBMM3ZEDBBSCFRZMIGONYA/

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1)           Bill Madden, NY Daily News

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-mlb-cba-negotiations-right-a-wrong-20211106-vloym33ojjfxnkzij6qma7b4xm-story.html

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

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2022/01/it-may-be-too-late-for-don-dillard-but-525-major-leaguers-still-need-pensions-douglas-j-gladstone.html?outputType=amp

4) Max Effgen, SABR BioProject

Tom Bruno

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

https://ngscsports.com/2019/12/02/randy-mcgilberry-a-wrong-that-needs-to-be-corrected

https://ngscsports.com/2021/12/22/the-say-hey-kids-doppelganger-isnt-getting-a-mlb-pension

https://ngscsports.com/2021/12/17/peaches-and-the-good-book

https://ngscsports.com/2021/12/16/baseballs-bullet-bob

https://ngscsports.com/2021/11/25/should-i-still-be-wondering

https://ngscsports.com/2021/11/21/hey-steve-stop-bein-a-turkey

https://ngscsports.com/2022/01/13/he-gets-no-pension-because-nobody-in-baseball-has-character

https://seamheads.com/blog/2019/11/14/no-way-to-honor-42s-memory

https://seamheads.com/blog/2019/07/30/how-jeter-can-be-like-teddy-ballgame

https://seamheads.com/blog/2019/07/24/like-complete-games-respect-for-elders-is-a-thing-of-the-past

https://seamheads.com/blog/2019/05/14/the-big-train-rolls-no-more

https://seamheads.com/blog/2020/11/20/baseballs-biggest-hypocrite

8) Mike Stenhouse, Wall Street Journal

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-major-league-pension-error-1528844557

9) Rocco Constantino, BallNine

https://ballnine.com/2021/10/01/cold

https://ballnine.com/2022/03/11/thomas-bruno