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Post by Copperfields on Feb 24, 2004 10:38:07 GMT -5
In 1980, this MLB player complained that he couldn't get by on what his team was paying him, and later took out a newspaper ad looking for part-time work to supplement his baseball income. He received 12 offers of jobs, including work as a pizza delivery guy and Joan Kroc's assistant gardener. The player decided to stick with baseball and is now in the Hall of Fame.
Who did it?
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Post by Nick's Picts (archived) on Feb 24, 2004 12:04:08 GMT -5
My goodness, I actually know one of these questions!
Ozzie Smith (my small ball hero!)
Actually, though, if you believe Ozzie's side of the story, he didn't take out the ad. It was a negotiating gambit undertaken by his agent without Ozzie's knowledge or approval. The most incendiary response came from the Padres' owner's wife who mentioned she'd take him on as her gardner at some rediculously low wage. I think he and the Chicken should have gone into business together doing birthday parties myself.
Funny to think that Ozzie may have actually had a bit of a point as he was making like $80,000/year at the time. 25 years later his salary then was less than half of the league minimum now. And he was an attendence draw too.
[Tie]
Anyway, enough players' union hating.
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Anyway, enough of the 'back in my day you could get a pack of Hubba Bubba for a quarter' spiel.
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Post by Copperfields on Feb 24, 2004 12:56:23 GMT -5
Ozzie Smith (my small ball hero!) Right you are! Nice job - I thought someone might have guessed Dave Winfield, since 1980 was the year before he left the Padres for the big windfall with the Yankees, plus the whole thing seemed very unOzzie-like to me. It makes sense that it was his agent's doing. Nick gets extra credit for mentioning Hubba Bubba in a post. Remember the "Hey Meester, what's your chew?" commercial? David |
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