According to a report on the Baltimore Sun's Web site on Tuesday, the Chicago White Sox's free-agent first baseman rejected the Orioles' latest offer, a five-year, $65 millon deal.
The worst part is they turn them down because they need to find someone so desperate that they will guarantee payment on a couple extra years when the guy is likely to be going downhill fast. The perfect example was Kevin Brown. Everyone knew he had maybe 5 years left in that arm, but his agent insisted he get 7 years so he could get paid while he sucked pitching until he was 40. Sure enough, worked like a charm, didn't have to settle just for 5 good years and plenty of money to last many family lifetimes. Getting 15 mil a year to get shellacked everytime he was needed in a big game as the contract end couldn't come soon enough for the Skanks.
