Word: shortstops
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...this is not Derek Jeter masquerading as the V-Spot. Alex Rodriguez did all of baseball a favor by taking Tom Hicks' ridiculous 10 year, $252 million contract to play shortstop for the Texas Rangers. Mark my words, when the history of baseball is written, this contract will be considered as epoch changing as the actions of Curt Flood and Marvin Miller...
...baseball slowly recovers from the ticket shock of one quarter of a billion dollars to play baseball, it must finally resolve itself to say that something really is wrong with a policy that permits Hicks to give two million less to his shortstop than he paid for the entire team...
...read the details to believe this stuff. The New York Mets say the reason they've pulled out of the auction for free-agent shortstop Alex ("A-Rod") Rodriguez is the extras demanded by agent Scott Boras, who counters that these things were hardly "demands" and that, anyway, he didn't make some of them. Whatever--the add-ons to a 12-year, $300 million contract reportedly include an escalator clause that would automatically bump A-Rod's salary over anyone else's; a luxury box at the stadium for the star's entourage; private jet service; a tent...
...given where credit is due, and the Mets, much like the hitters they sent to bat each inning of the series, are due. Their no-name outfield now has the names of Timo Perez, Benny Agbayani and Jay Payton. Well-adjusted Mike Bordick picked up in Rey Ordonez' shortstop position, even after arriving in Flushing as a late-season carpetbagger...
...much do Mets fans really know about this year's National League champs? Mike Bordick is lucky to have a temp job, filling in at shortstop until Rey Ordonez is fully healed. Timo Perez first set foot in Shea Stadium less than two months ago. Rick Reed, who won 11 games for the Mets this season, is booed every time he gives up a run at Shea Stadium...