October 16, 2008
Bonds Grievance
The MLB Players Association is set to file a grievance on behalf of Barry Bonds, but reached a deal with MLB to delay that:
The baseball players' union says it has found evidence teams acted in concert against signing Barry Bonds but it reached an agreement with the commissioner's office to delay the filing of any grievance.
The union expressed concern in May about the lack of offers to the home run king. Filing a grievance would trigger proceedings before arbitrator Shyam Das.
It doesn't say why they agreed to delay the filing. Is baseball going to try to reach a settlement privately? Is MLB willing to investigate and punish clubs? I guess we'll find out soon enough.
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Selig probably doesn't want it in the news during the World Series.
Scott Boras will announce A-rod and Madonna's wedding during the World Series.
But I thought Barry Bonds wasn't part of the MLBPA. Didn't he opt out? In which case they shouldn't be able to file a grievance for him.
Larry
He was a member of the Player's Association but he opted out of sharing the licensing funds.