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About Me:

34 yr old female trying to keep it together. I call my financial life a work in progress because though I have always had frugal inclinations I only recently started on an informal financial education with an end goal to make my money work for me! Of course I can be weak. Thai food, traveling, self-justification and laziness eat away at my savings. But I am getting there. I think. I used to be very jealous of the Jones' but now realize that they are broke and stressed so I prefer my own progress and accomplishments. My life may not be flashy but I have seen the consequences of a high-end lifestyle. I count myself lucky to be alive and aware in these economic times because I have learned so much and believe that in the long run I will come out farther ahead from a little suffering now. As long as I am not regressing, then I am pleased.

Fun fact to help navigate my posts: BB = Baseball Boy. My husband.

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My November 2008 Wedding:
Total $23,630...Paid in Full! And had a BLAST!

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Quotes to keep me on track:

"Save FIRST and then spend the leftover, not spend first and save what's left."

"How you spend your money today effects the life you will live tomorrow."

Baseball payday

September 4th, 2009 at 01:03 pm

Wanna hear about crazy baseball?

A friend of mine was in the big leagues for a week 2 years ago. He appeared in 1 game for 2 innings (Though he did well).
The next year he is with a new team and injurs himself in spring training. He spends that year rehabbing, before ultimately deciding to get surgery.
His MLB team is kind of shady about awarding him workmans comp, so he decides to sue the team. (This is a HUGE no-no if you ever want to play baseball again.)
He just went to court and the results: He is given $50k in back pay, and for the rest of his life, any year he is not earning over $80k (in any job in any industry)- the MLB team must pay him to make up for the deficit.
Sometimes I cannot comprehend how much money MLB teams actually have.

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4 Responses to “Baseball payday”

Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 02:49 pm 1252075764
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Sounds like he sued for something other than worker's comp. How is his injury?....So ya think the team does have that kind of resource? Especially if they do, then shame on them for not handling the worker's comp more fairly in the first place. Maybe this will make them think better next time. And there will be a next time, right? I bet this story is really making the rounds in MLB!
Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 04:00 pm 1252080050
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Oh, is that MLB _Major_? Guess they do have the bucks!
baselle Says:
September 5th, 2009 at 03:36 am 1252121814
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Hush money?
whitestripe Says:
September 6th, 2009 at 07:20 am 1252221651
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jota: to me it just sounds like he injured himself at work and is now being compensated - why would it be anything other?

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Baseball payday

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