Bond between Miller, son strong
Adopted child incarcerated during COVID- 19 pandemic
Dec. 25 is a time of gift- giving for Curt Miller. Not only is it Christmas, of course, it is also the day both of his adopted sons — Brian and Shawn Seymour — were born.
Typically, it’s spent in Bloomington, Ind. The holiday is filled with laughter and love, but also heartache — an unmistakable emptiness that engulfs the father of two.
Brian’s twin, Shawn, 25, has been behind bars for nearly six years on a conviction for armed robbery.
“It’s bittersweet because we have always seen Shawn on Christmas and his birthday in recent years in the prison, but not having us together celebrating, it’s certainly a bittersweet day,” Miller said.
Shawn Seymour calls home nearly every day for up to 30 minutes. He likes to fill his family in on the books he’s reading or what TV programs he’s watched. But sometimes the conversations turn serious. Discussions on accountability, responsibility and second chances.
“It fills my heart listening to them talk together,” Miller said of his sons. “You can imagine, with twins, while they have some differences, there’s still that twin love and twin respect.
“Sometimes it’s Groundhog’s Day and you have to share your day with him because his day looks very similar day after day after day. But we’re incredibly
season, part of a deal that guaranteed $ 170 million in advances and service time even if the season is scrapped. More than 100 players gathered for a digital meeting Thursday and reaffirmed their stance against additional cuts.
A player with a $ 20 million salary, like St. Louis All- Star catcher Yadier Molina, would be guaranteed just below $ 4 million under the MLB plan and about $ 14.1 million under the union plan. Tampa Bay pitcher Charlie Morton’s $ 15 million salary would be cut to a $ 3.2 million base under the MLB plan and $ 10.6 million under the MLB proposal.
Philadelphia catcher J. T. Realmuto’s $ 10 million salary would drop to a $ 2.4 million base as part of the MLB proposal and to $ 7 million under the union plan.
Milwaukee pitcher Brett Anderson would fall from $ 5 million to $ 1.4 million in MLB’s plan and to $ 3.5 million in the union’s formula.
“Interesting strategy of making the best most marketable players potentially look like the bad guys,” Anderson tweeted after MLB made its proposal.
Salaries for the 899 players on big league rosters and injured lists at the time spring training stopped total about $ 2.7 billion under the union’s plan and approximately $ 950 million in management’s proposal. The sides estimate salaries for all 40- man roster players would add to $ 2.8 billion in the union’s plan and $ 1.2 billion in management’s proposal, not including a $ 200 million postseason bonus pool MLB proposed.
MLB and the union have been making plans to start the season next month in ballparks without fans, and teams say they will sustain huge losses. In response to the union’s stance, MLB is considering proposing a much shorter schedule, perhaps 50 games or fewer.
The pandemic- induced stoppage has wrecked baseball’s finances. MLB say that by playing in empty ballparks, teams would combine to lose $ 640,000 for each additional regularseason game.