No beer: Iconic baseball stadium faces worker strike
Usually it's the players who strike, but in this case it's the workers who keep the beloved stadium's concessions running who might walk out.
People never seem all that sympathetic when professional athletes strike. They generally see the conflict as millionaires fighting billionaires.
In both cases, it's rich people battling slightly less rich people over more money than most people see in their lives.
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The reality, however, is somewhat different. Even though the numbers are very large, the players are still the little guys in any labor dispute.
Yes, the money even for mediocre players is very high, but players have short careers, and put their bodies on the line in a way that often has lifelong consequences.
The sums being fought about may be higher, but the reality is that players are fighting to get more of the money they make for owners. It's not about the guys at the top of the pay scale (although they often benefit the most), but the ones who might fight to make it to the highest levels.
