It's like 90 days a year when off days spent traveling are taken into account. That's more than made up for with the 3+ months that baseball players can spend at home with their families when the season is over.
What other profession other than teacher gives their employees 3 months off?
I disagree with that. Spending time with your kid as she grows up isn't a zero sum game where spending X time with them in March makes up for not being there at all in July. You miss stuff. They miss stuff. Bonds aren't as tight and need to be made/re-made.
Also, athletes don't really have time off any more, or at least not like they used to. The training they have to maintain year around is effectively a 9-5 job. It's not like these guys are just at home screwing around for the offseason.
Yea he does. Its called standing up to management, and he was every right to do so as the teams franchise/best player.
Wasn't also (supposed to be) a closed door meeting between the clubhouse and Williams? I think the latitude guys on both sides get for voicing themselves is quite a bit wider than if a player went up to Williams' office in the middle of the day and started screaming profanities. My understanding of closed door meetings is that the doors are closed for a reason.
Like most posters around here, though, I agree with the sentiment that this isn't a huge deal. It happened, there's some crappy attitudes right now, get the season started and win some games and it'll disappear fast. It only matters if the team sucks out of the gate.
