Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!
This week we dive further into the MLB player pension issues we discussed with Gary Cooper and Dave Mesrey, as Max Effgen of Bitter Cup Baseball joins the show.
Max talks about his struggles to find, educate, publicize and help the 500 players who could easily be grandfathered into a partial MLB pension, how these players ended up in this situation thanks to the 1980 CBA, the labor laws involved and just how you can help spread the word about the Bitter Cup players.
Max Effgen on TwitterX: @MaxEffgen
Bitter Cup Baseball on Instagram
Spreadsheet listing the Bitter Cup players left behind by the MLBPA and MLB
In the second half of the show, topics include:
The Tigers are hotter than a firecracker as they reach the All Star break on a 10-4 tear.
For the first time since 2017, the Tigers placed 2 players on the Al All Star roster in Tarik Skubal and Riley Greene.
The Pistons named JB Bickerstaff head coach.
POBO Trajan Langton and Bickerstaff exuded competence, something the Pistons franchise has been long lacking.
Cade Cunningham signed his rookie contract extension, worth up to $265 million with bonuses.
Much like the Lions did with Jared Goff, the Pistons elected to not play money games and locked down their franchise player long term.
The Red Wings added a high scoring winger to their top 6 by signing Vladimir Taransenko to a 2 year deal in free agency.
Steve Yzerman admitted the Red Wings were in the market to make a splash signing in free agency. All signs point to their target being Steven Stamkos. That was before he inked a too rich for the Wings deal at 4 years, $32 million.
We also play Greg's Birthday Game and name our respective Jerk of the Week.
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