11-4-2023 Passed Ball Show- John spends this program talking about the average salaries of the Major League Baseball manager and whether the fact that salaries have gone down are justified due to their responsibilities being taken away. Is Craig Counsell the right poster child for the increase in MLB manager salaries? Should there be six (6) MLB managers making barely over the MLB player minimum? John also talks about how difficult it is to quantify the performance of today’s MLB manager. He also talks about the history of diva Wide Receivers in the National Football League and particularly how it pertains to the Pittsburgh Steelers. During today’s #savingsportshistory segment, John talks about the MLB Players’ League of 1890, a NFL team that gave up their first points of the season in week EIGHT (8)! Stan Mikita, MLB’s first big time free agent offseason, Bobby Wallace, Orlando Pace, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Cy Young, and George “Sparky” Anderson.
