Baseball's collective bargaining agreement not only mandates first class jet and travel accommodations for road trips "if practicable"--any exception that has players flying coach must include a minimum of three seats per two players--but also to spring training in February and back to their off-season homes in October.

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Carlisle-born Nixon began his first-class career with Leicestershire and spent 11 seasons at Grace Road before heading south.

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