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Marlins' Mattingly sees a lot of Jordan in Jeter
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Monday, 20 April 2020 15:10
As Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly watched ESPN's Michael Jordan docuseries "The Last Dance" on Sunday, his mind kept coming back to one person: Derek Jeter. A baseball lifer, Mattingly has had a front-row seat to the rise of Jeter from a fresh-faced rookie to a world champion to a baseball franchise owner. Along the way, Mattingly served in every…
Angels, through grant, will pay stadium employees
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Monday, 20 April 2020 13:37
The Los Angeles Angels are committing $1.2 million to cover more than 1,800 people who work at their stadium. The money, issued through a one-time grant, will provide financial assistance to a wide range of employees, including third-party vendors, and will be distributed on a sliding scale based on factors like job title, pay rate and hours worked.The announcement stems…
MLB can lay off coaches, managers starting May 1
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Monday, 20 April 2020 14:32
NEW YORK -- Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has made a move that allows teams to lay off or cut the pay of major and minor league managers, coaches, trainers and full-time scouts starting May 1.Manfred has suspended uniform employee contacts that cover about 9,000 people, including general managers on some teams. Manfred cited the inability to play games due to…
Source: Marlins CEO Jeter forgoing $5M salary
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Monday, 20 April 2020 11:38
MIAMI -- Marlins CEO Derek Jeter told team employees during a conference call Monday that he is indefinitely forgoing his salary during the coronavirus pandemic, a source told ESPN confirming multiple reports.Jeter, who has a reported salary of $5 million annually, told members of baseball ops on the call that they will be paid through at least May 31, the…
Agency: 47% of sports events canceled in 2020
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Monday, 20 April 2020 12:31
Sports around the world have only been on hiatus since mid-March, but when the numbers are crunched, the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the industry will leave an impact for years to come. Only 53% of the major sports events originally scheduled for 2020 are likely to take place this calendar year.That means, according to new projections from…
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