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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Baseball is not all of sports
Joe wrote a good article, but he had to think of baseball as the universe:
He made the choice that he wanted to be with the Phillies so much—and wanted to be with them immediately so much—that it was worth it to him to leave $60 million, $80 million, maybe $100 million unclaimed. There is no way anyone could have predicted this even a few weeks ago.... There is no precedent for it in sports.
Marian Hossa is at least one precedent as his agent said:
“I have never been involved in a deal and seen a player get so excited to take $85 million less than he was offered elsewhere,” Winter told The Canadian Press. “It’s almost incomprehensible, even to an agent. But Marian is a special player.”
And this is North America. I presume Europe, Africa, Asia also has some similar type of story to offer. Baseball, as wonderful as it is, is not the only sport in the world, and neither is America the only nation on the planet. I see this “There is no precedent for it in sports” line all the time. It drives me nuts each time I hear it.
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