Comments on: Papelbon Channels Fehr http://www.deweyshouse.com/archives/2008/03/04/papelbon-channels-fehr/ Inside the head of a Red Sox fan Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zach http://www.deweyshouse.com/archives/2008/03/04/papelbon-channels-fehr/comment-page-1/#comment-178824 Zach Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:23:09 +0000 http://www.deweyshouse.com/archives/2008/03/04/papelbon-channels-fehr/#comment-178824 I don't have a problem with guys pining to get paid more, but with the MLBPA using young players as PR proxies. I don’t have a problem with guys pining to get paid more, but with the MLBPA using young players as PR proxies.

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.deweyshouse.com/archives/2008/03/04/papelbon-channels-fehr/comment-page-1/#comment-178823 Jimmy Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:52:03 +0000 http://www.deweyshouse.com/archives/2008/03/04/papelbon-channels-fehr/#comment-178823 Apparently, Prince Fielder has opened up the floodgates with his complaining. I don't get it...this isn't a new paradigm: you're a young player, you get to eat shit for a few years before striking it rich in arbitration/free agency. Prince, Markakis, and Papelbon aren't the first young guys to have great seasons and make shite wages. ("Shite" in relative terms, of course). Apparently, Prince Fielder has opened up the floodgates with his complaining.

I don’t get it…this isn’t a new paradigm: you’re a young player, you get to eat shit for a few years before striking it rich in arbitration/free agency. Prince, Markakis, and Papelbon aren’t the first young guys to have great seasons and make shite wages. (“Shite” in relative terms, of course).

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