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...year old Schmidt seems to have become just like all those other run-of-the-mill, over-the-hill superstars. Schmidt insists he can still play, still live up to his superstar billing even after 16 years in the majors...
That's why it took Schmidt and the Phils until Wednesday--the deadline or signing free agents--to agree on a new contract for next season. The Phils didn't want to risk so much money on a player who, although a lock for the Hall of Fame, could hardly enter Cooperstown with the numbers he posted last year...
...appears as though the team was right. Schmidt's worth on the market was not nearly what it might have been before last year, so the team was able to lower his 1988 guaranteed salary of more than $2 million to a mere $500,000 for 1989 (he can still make over $2 million with incentives...
Schmitty took this apparently enlightened approach so far that he threatened to quit before making a run at 600 career home runs--a feat accomplished only by Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, and Hank Aaron--even though many baseball watchers thought Schmidt would reach the mark...
...would be a shame if Schmitty couldn't live up to even limited expectations. Who wants to see Schmidt doing an awkward Howard Johnson imitation out there at third every night? New York's Johnson is no Fred Astaire at the hot corner...