Hidden Cost of Baseball Fever: Edgy, Weary Workers
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An epic Red Sox-Yankees baseball  showdown may be denting worker productivity as bleary-eyed fans  call in sick, show up late to work or linger too long around  the water cooler dissecting every play, experts said on  Wednesday.
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But that&#39;s the way it is in the crazy world of overpaid, pampered performers who can&#39;t be happy with a league-wide average salary of $1.
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This is what happens when the Yankees don't win the World Series for four consecutive years. Losing breeds big eyes and bigger paychecks for other players.
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Jack Cust sat at his locker while most of his teammates chowed down at a table in the visitors locker room at Yankee Stadium. He sheepishly admitted to being tired after a rare full day in the field.
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Employment researchers are increasingly acknowledging that having sick employees work is not just painful for the employees, but can also hurt the company.
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They play a mile high and keep their baseballs in a humidor. They were tossing snowballs during practice this week. Their entire payroll is not much more than what the Red Sox paid for the privilege of eating sushi with Daisuke Matsuzaka. And they're on an odds-defying run that would have made a billionaire out of a Vegas dice-roller.
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Shift in the U.S. workforce is no longer just about factory workers.  All kinds of jobs that pay middle range -- $17 an hour, or about $35,000 a year -- are vanishing.
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This is a difficult time of year in most baseball-loving American cities. But it feels especially gloomy in places like Kansas City, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
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In a country already plagued by skyrocketing sick leave costs, a new survey found that 40 percent of the population thinks it's acceptable to skip work because they feel tired or have trouble getting along with their colleagues.
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It was a strange and painful night for the team with the best record in baseball.
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DENVER - It is an indelible memory. Loud, too. "I can still hear him shouting at me," said David Cutcliffe of that warm fall day in 1994. "He just went over to one of the assistant coaches, grabbed the headphones, and yelled. He said, 'Coach Cut, I'm pitching bad because my catcher isn't calling a good game. You're the catcher. ...
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MONTERREY, Mexico -- If a quarry needs a migrant worker who can haul 50-pound loads of rock out of a mine, or a big landscaper wants to hire a man who'll mow grass from sunup to sundown for $8 an hour without overstaying his visa, Jeffrey West scrolls through his computer, clicks the mouse and fi...
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Some writers wonder whether the guildâs militant tactics are actually doing more damage than good.
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First they tried nudging. Now companies are penalizing workers who have high health risks such as obesity and high blood pressure or cholesterol as insurance costs climb.
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A close look at the private finances of baseball's most successful, envied and valuable team reveals that they may not be making money.
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Many of the players arrive from work still in business-casual attire. They change into their uniforms in the comfort of their cars. They engage in friendly tete-a-tete with the "enemy."
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Staff who struggle into work when they are ill risk potentially shortening their lives, researchers believe.