I will soon start receiving a pension from Major League Baseball. Yet my dad, who racked up more active-roster time in the big leagues, is ineligible for a pension. The league should change that this year.
Before 1980, a ballplayer needed four years of big-league service to be eligible for pension status. The post-1980 collective-bargaining agreement allowed eligibility for a lifelong pension after only 43 game days on a Major League roster. The current minimum benefit is $34,000 a year; the maximum is $220,000.
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