The MacNeil/Lehrer Report; Highpaid Baseball Players
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Jim Lehrer hosts a discussion on the recent increase in baseball players' salaries for The MacNeil/Lehrer Report. Pete Rose, third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, his lawyer, and Waite Hoyte a retired player in the Hall of Fame discuss the trends in salaries paid to baseball players. Only recently have players begun to make large amounts of money, up to $60,000 on some teams. Discussion centers on the causes of this increase, including players acting as free agents and hiring attorneys to negotiate contracts, and the history of how baseball players have been treated by the managers and owners of the team.
