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March 19, 2008
Red Sox player rep Kevin Youkilis spoke just a little while ago about today's events, concerning the compensation for the coaching staff.
He said an allotment of money has now been set aside for the 15 Red Sox personnel in question, including coaches, training staff and clubhouse attendants.
Youkilis didn't point any fingers, he just said there was a lot of miscommunication on behalf of Major League Baseball, MLBPA and the Red Sox on this matter. It was resolved early yesterday afternoon and now the Red Sox just boarded a bus to the airport for their trip to Japan.
“There’s a reason why we have one of the strongest unions in the world and that’s because we have guys who are willing to fight,” said Youkilis. “The coaches are a huge part of our success and have been for many years. This was just something, as players, that we felt very strongly about. We want to apologize to all the fans at the game who had to sit around a little longer, and to other fans who might have been upset at first, but this is something we felt strongly about.”
Unity was a big theme at City of Palms Park today.
“We have a lot of different personality and a lot of different players from around the world, but the one thing we have is unity on this team,” said Youkilis. “We stick together and we try to set our personal differences for the good of the team, and that’s what we did [yesterday].”
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