Douglas J. Gladstone, the author of A Bitter Cup of Coffee; How MLB & The Players Association Threw 874 Retirees A Curve, will read excerpts from his book at The Dog Ears Bookstore on Friday, January 14, 2011, beginning at 6 P.M.. Mr. Gladstone will also take questions from the audience and sign copies of the book for all those individuals who purchase it that evening.

With a foreword written by the Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, Dave Marash, A Bitter Cup of Coffee tells the true story of a group of former big-league ballplayers denied pensions as a result of the failure of both the league and the union to retroactively amend the vesting requirement change that granted instant pension eligibility to ballplayers in 1980. Prior to that year, ballplayers had to have four years service credit to earn an annuity and medical benefits. Since 1980, however, all you have needed is one day of service credit to qualify for health insurance and 43 days of service credit for a pension.

Here’s, in part, what the Midwest Book Review had to say about the book in its official review, which was published in May:

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