money baseball

Chapter 190 Chapter 52
"But for you, does this improvement mean anything?"

"Of course, players' pensions, post-retirement jobs, other guarantees of life, and enrichment of the talent pool~ Are these not enough?"

What was the big leagues like?Shen Yao actually heard it all, the welfare is not good?press?Regardless of the dignity of the players?discriminate?

In fact, he has mostly heard about these things.

But even if he just heard about it, he can also feel the difficulties from the lines or the video records.

For a hundred years, the players are still not guaranteed in all aspects.

In the long run, the Negro League, which was first separated because of color segregation, seems to be only a small part of it.

Chris is different, if you really want to talk about it, in fact, your feelings about it are much clearer than Shen Yao.

Because his father was one of the witnesses of the old system.

The reason why he came to Japan was that he was engaged in an industry that he didn't want to be involved in before, and it was also inseparable from those messy things.

In the final analysis, the career time of professional sports is only a short period after all. After leaving the profession, what to live with is always a question, and there is no guarantee.The general strike a few years ago was to fight for the rights and interests of this area.

It's a pity that his father retired a little earlier, and the number of years is also a little short.

……

Thinking of this, he looked at Shen Yao seriously, feeling a little admirable in his heart~
What they want to do is to change the entire baseball ecosystem.

This is change~
And baseball is a traditional sport that can no longer be traditional, and no one wants to change it.As long as this is involved, it will definitely be criticized by the entire circle.

This is not easy to do without talking about it, and many stumbling blocks will roll in spontaneously.

"It's going to be hard."

"It doesn't matter if it's difficult? After the work is done and the results are seen, others will naturally have nothing to say." Then he asked: "Have you heard of BR?"

"The one who invented the battering helmet?"

"Yes, the one who invented the helmet at XX State University before World War I. But his greatest achievement is not just this."

Chris thought for a while and searched his memory. After all, that person was too far away from them: "For us contemporary players, there is only legend No. 42 because of him."

"Well, the introduction of this matter is indeed a challenge to the skin color, but it is not enough to make everyone stand against him."

"Do you know what the old minor league model was like?"

Chris was a little puzzled by this question: "Minor league? Isn't it the cultivation system for major league players? Is it a supply relationship? The minor league is a subsidiary of the major league."

"That was now. The minor leagues in the past all existed independently and did not have any relevant cooperative relations with the major leagues. The minor leagues at that time were a bit like the independent leagues today. They were all independently operated and the players' salaries were not controlled. Major League Baseball pays. If Major League Baseball needs their players, they can't just call them. It needs to be done through a formal purchase."

Chris thought about it seriously, and then said: "But if this is the model, the rich team will make a special difference in the record?"

"Yes, without effective management, the market will be chaotic, that's the law. RA broke the mold. He explored the neglected talent pool of players. From the Negro League to the operation of the minor league system today."

"RA was an overview of the Shengcun Little Red Chickens (xxxx Cardinals) at that time, and thus created a system that integrates reserve talents and standardized player development management, which is the current farm system."

"Your dad is a former major league player, so you should know something about this team?"

Chris hummed, the Little Red Chicken team is quite legendary, of course he knows it.In particular, as a small-market team, the Little Red Chickens can only be ranked below the super rich chicken team in the historical record. Of course, it is enough to attract many fans. In the past, Chris had many friends around him, all of whom belonged to the Little Red Chickens. Fan: "Very strong. It is a rare team in the small market that does not open the window. It has maintained a very good competitiveness for many years."

"Yes, you just mentioned the problem of small markets. The characteristic of small market teams is poverty. In order to seek development amidst poverty and avoid the overall constraints of the big market, RA began to create its own team that is exclusive to the Little Red Rooster. A minor league team system that works.”

Chris widened his eyes slightly, it turned out to be like this~!This system, which is almost uniformly operated by the major leagues today, was actually first implemented by this team.Thinking about it this way, the brilliant record of this team seems to have historical factors in it.

"The people who objected at the time..."

Shen Yao smiled: "Isn't this a consistent play against tradition? Ridiculous, disdainful, critical, contemptuous~ Except for the management of Little Red Chicken, no one believes him anymore."

"The next step is to test and recruit college players~The newest minor league at that time was an incubator for the development of future major league players."

"At that time, the Great Depression coincided with the loosening of player roster rules, so the Little Red Chicken raised the farm's teams to eleven within a year, and even reached 32 teams at the peak."

Chris gasped! !Now!In this day and age, there are only a few Little Red Chicken farms.

And the reason why there are so many teams means 'need'. The Little Red Roosters at that time needed so many teams to "accommodate" their players.They have a large reserve of talents... If their results don't break out, it will really be in vain.

"He succeeded." That's why there is now a complete farm system: "And what you are going to do now... is more amazing than him. He is standing on the side of the management, and you..."

"We stand on Labor's side."

"We need scientific development before the profession to minimize physical damage. We also need more perfect and surplus minor league equipment, at least so that players can support themselves while having enough to support their families .”

Chris was a little helpless when he heard this. He actually participated in his father's minor league stage. Although he was still young, he still had a little memory.

His father's talent is not very good, he is in the last class of the draft, and the natural signing bonus is also pitifully small, just a basic share.

I heard that besides repaying the expenses of the previous training outside, there is not much left at all.

He remembered that life at home was not easy at that time, who knew that when everyone was happy, his family was still worrying about eating~
Then he was born…

When he was about seven years old, his father was playing 2A.

Seven years seems to be a development stage that is not really too long for minor league players.

At that time, he was often taken to the team, just because he could eat bananas for free.

There are not many such players and children.

It wasn't until his dad hit the big leagues that life really took off.

　Sorry for coming back late, I will probably update at about the same time tomorrow, and I am halfway back to work, so I am very busy

　　
　
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