Former Dodgers’ GM Fred Claire has seen plenty of labor disputes and has had plenty of conversations with owners across the industry. One thing that he has always stressed is that the relationship between players and owners needs to be one of trust.
Claire sat down with Dodgers Nation this week to talk labor disputes and player pay, but one little interesting tidbit also popped up. The former GM talked about one occasion when team owner Walter O’Malley was asked what he would have paid Sandy Koufax if he had not retired from baseball.
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