”But that minimum salary is more than double the minimum from the past year, and it’s well ahead of the wages minor-league baseball players are suing to raise. t wonderful scene and Flintoff’s thoughtfulness tugs at the emotions is because it reminds us of what sport should, but very often doesn’t, teach us: namely empathy. Bradley is serving a five-year prison term in Connecticut for firing shots at a Hartford nightclub in 2014. ”Starting at the ground floor, teams found creative ways to recruit players.