BALTIMORE (AP) -- The baseball players' association filed a grievance Thursday claiming the Baltimore Orioles improperly terminated the contract of Sidney Ponson this week and that the pitcher is due the remaining $11 million called for in his deal.

Baltimore said Sept. 1 it would release Ponson and void the remainder of his three-year contract, a move announced a week after he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Ponson cleared waivers, and the termination was effective after Tuesday's games, according to the grievance.

The union claimed in the grievance that the Orioles' termination ``constitutes discipline without just cause.'' It also contended that an addendum in Ponson's contract allowing the team to convert it to a nonguaranteed deal was not authorized under baseball's collective bargaining agreement and was the result of a ``concerted effort by the clubs.''
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If the Union wins this case, this will further prove to me that the Union is way too powerful for its own good. The guy got arrested 3 times within the last year. We would be fired if we did it once or maybe twice.