http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/yay-ortiz-signs-4-year-contract-with-red-sox/ Major League Baseball News from Spring Training to the World Series Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:49:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/yay-ortiz-signs-4-year-contract-with-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Squib Kick » Patriots guarantee that for a few years they will have a good player on their defensive line and a good quarterback Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:09:34 +0000 http://knucklecurve.com/yay-ortiz-signs-4-year-contract-with-red-sox/#comment-6 [...] For starters, the longer a contract is, the less it means. A one year 3 million dollar contract probably means the guy will play for one year and get paid 3 million dollars. A six year 60 million dollar contract will never result in a guy playing six years for 10 million a year. It’s just now these things work. Unlike in baseball where when a guy signs a 4 year 48 million dollar contract, he gets 12 million a year for four years of play. [...] [...] For starters, the longer a contract is, the less it means. A one year 3 million dollar contract probably means the guy will play for one year and get paid 3 million dollars. A six year 60 million dollar contract will never result in a guy playing six years for 10 million a year. It’s just now these things work. Unlike in baseball where when a guy signs a 4 year 48 million dollar contract, he gets 12 million a year for four years of play. [...]

]]> http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/yay-ortiz-signs-4-year-contract-with-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Big Papi Ortiz Stays with the BoSox » Technology, Blogging and Politics Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:10:23 +0000 http://knucklecurve.com/yay-ortiz-signs-4-year-contract-with-red-sox/#comment-5 [...] Hat tip: Knuckle Curve [...] [...] Hat tip: Knuckle Curve [...]

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