They weren't losing 40% of their salary. They were not receiving a "bonus" that was 40% extra! Of course if I was being swindled out of 40% of my base pay, I'd be pissed.
My whole thing was:
1) It's not like it's "extra" work, other than the getting to and from part. It's actually cool to get to go to Japan for work, at no cost, imo.
2) To me, the odds of MLB telling them they would get it, then going back on it were very small. As was stated, it was probably a miscommunication of something that was blown out of proportion. I know how things can travel around an office, or a high school. I imagine it's the same way in a big league clubhouse. Rumors swirl, but whatever the reason, I was skeptical that they were truthfully "owed" anything.
3) I appreciate the togetherness between the players and coaches, and I truthfully understand there motives. But.........I still say "wahhhhhhhhhhhhh" to some extent because of #s (1 and 2). Fine, I'll reduce it to a "wah" because I'd do the same thing if I was them.
Kurn said jealousy before, but I'm definitely not jealous. I envy their situation, sure, but jealousy is different, imo. I'm never really "jealous" of anything in my life.
"Male's shouldn't be jealous, that's a female trait."
