tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post1562341783822531456..comments2024-01-24T05:19:09.805-06:00Comments on This Game Of Games: Dickey Pearce Sues The Brown StockingsJeffrey Kittelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-92150850341836433422009-03-01T19:25:00.000-06:002009-03-01T19:25:00.000-06:00Fans constantly complain about players salaries - ...Fans constantly complain about players salaries - and in most cases the complaints are justified.<BR/><BR/>But something like this reminds me that the situation has been there since players first played for money. I mean change the figures and maybe 'modernize' the writing just a bit and you end up with something you cold read in todays paper.<BR/><BR/>I think it was in Spaulding's "National Game" (forgive me, i can't remember the exact name of the book) where he quotes from a letter to the editor written by a fan angry because a player on his team was holding out for more money. <BR/><BR/>Again change the figures and punch up the writing just a bit and it could have been written about today's players.<BR/><BR/>(The ironic thing, at least for me, is that the letter apparently appeared in a local newspaper.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com