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Frayed Knot Mar 18 2008 09:05 PM

- Tomorrow (Wednesday - 19th) they play their final ST game in Florida - They then travel to Japan where they'll play a couple exhibition games against Oakland, and then 2 reg season games next Tuesday & Wednesday - They then jet to the west coast and play 3 exhibition games against the Dodgers over the weekend - Then up to Oakland for 2 reg season games Tuesday & Wednesday - Then to Toronto (after a day off) for 3 vs the Jays on Fri, Sat & Sun - They finally get home where they'll relax with 3 against Detroit followed by 3 against the Yanx That's a tough first month: 6 exhibition games + 13 reg season games in 3 different countries, travelling in that time from Florida to Japan (for a week) to Celifornia (for a week) to Ontario and then finally to Boston for 6 games against what may be the two toughest AL teams

Centerfield Mar 19 2008 08:31 AM

Here's an idea...all games that count should be played in the home ballpark of one of the teams playing.

DocTee Mar 19 2008 08:39 AM

I particularly dislike the exhibition--regular season--exhibition--regular season format. All games after a particular date should count.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 19 2008 10:17 AM

Well this is interesting. I didn't know the players got 40 grand just to go ... but they're telling Uncle Bud they won;t go if the coaches and staff don;t get the same scratch too. ]Red Sox vote not to board plane for Japan, play final spring game ESPN.com news services FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Boston Red Sox are threatening to boycott their season-opening games in Japan unless their coaches and other staff are paid for making the trip. Mike Lowell has told The Boston Globe the team voted unanimously not to take the field for their final spring training game or to board the plane later Wednesday for Japan. Manager Terry Francona and his players were upset after learning staff members are not going to get a $40,000 stipend. The Boston Herald reported players insisted part of their agreement to make the trip included the fee -- for them and the coaches. "I did not have an off day yesterday. I had the phone glued to my ear because I was promised some answers and I haven't even received a phone call," Francona said Wednesday. "So I'm a little bit stuck. What I want to do this morning is get excited to play a baseball game and what I ended up doing is apologizing to the coaches and being humiliated." The World Series champions are scheduled to begin their season against Oakland on March 25 and 26. The Red Sox clubhouse was closed to reporters because of the dispute and the team had not taken the field for batting practice before its last scheduled spring training game in Florida against Toronto. "We had an agreement," Curt Schilling, one of a handful of Red Sox players who talked with Major League Baseball on ground rules for the trip, told ESPN's Claire Smith. "Some of the promises have already been taken away, now this," Schilling said. "As far as the players are concerned, [withholding the coaches' bonuses] can't happen." ''When we voted to go to Japan, that was not a unanimous vote,'' Lowell told the Globe, "but we did what our team wanted us to do for Major League Baseball. They promised us the moon and the stars, and then when we committed, they started pulling back. It's not just the coaches, it's the staff, the trainers, a lot of people are affected by this. "I'm so super proud of this team," Lowell said, according to the Globe. "When we put it to a vote it was unanimous, we're all in agreement that we're not going to put up with this.'' That the players would consider such action "is really appreciated, to say the least," Red Sox hitting coach Dave Magadan told Smith. "It means as much as the money itself. "While we're very fortunate, a lot of people don't realize what we do. It's nice to get recognition from the players." The Associated Press contributed to this report.

bmfc1 Mar 19 2008 10:17 AM

Interesting stuff going on right now: the Sox are refusing to take the field for their last Florida exhibition game, and are threating to boycott the entire trip to Japan, because MLB will not be paying, as allegedly promised, the coaching staff the same $40,00 stipend that the players are getting.

Willets Point Mar 19 2008 10:22 AM

Ooooh....SIMULPOST!!!

metirish Mar 19 2008 10:34 AM

Interesting indeed, turns out the Oakland coaching staff are not getting paid for the trip... ] "I had to go back and tell the coaches not to spend the money some of them had already spent," Francona said.

bmfc1 Mar 19 2008 10:36 AM

The Red Sox have not taken the field yet. Dice-K was supposed to start but he was moved to a minor league game. And now the Athletics say that they won't go to Japan either to support their coaches and staff.

bmfc1 Mar 19 2008 10:58 AM

All is well--the word on Red Sox radio is that the coaches and staff will be paid.

metirish Mar 19 2008 10:59 AM

And what about Oakland?

holychicken Mar 19 2008 11:43 AM

metirish wrote: And what about Oakland? They are being slipped some roofies, put on the plane to Japan and then locked in the stadium.

Nymr83 Mar 19 2008 12:01 PM