The start of the MLB season was nearly canceled this week.
The Boston Red Sox, who will face the Oakland Athletics in Japan for the season's opening series, went on strike Wednesday, demanding that their coaches and staff be paid for the international trip.
Sticking up for the guys on the team who don't make millions of dollars: Sounds like a nice gesture, right?
But Red Sox players also previously demanded a pay-hike before the trip was confirmed, from $25,000 to $40,000, and splitting the difference is what cost the shares of team employees and coaches.
The A's organization and its players, likely just happy to be included in the spectacle, were also prepared to boycott the remaining spring training games and the voyage to Tokyo when they learned of the news.
If MLB players are peeved, college baseball might be just for them. Collegiate players get paid zilch and they don't have to endure a 12-hour plane ride to get to the ballpark.
And if there's a strike, it might actually concern something genuine.
