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To: JRI who wrote (50403)	8/16/2002 2:19:48 PM
From: Paul Shread	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 209892

OT/Ted Williams asked for and received something like a 40% pay cut for his final season because he was unhappy with his performance the previous year.

To: JRI who wrote (50403)	8/16/2002 2:34:13 PM
From: reaper	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 209892

OT I am pretty sure Ryne Sandberg quit in the middle of a big contract due to unhappiness w/ his performance. Although he came back about a year later (only to retire again). Some guys on the D'Backs have deferred salary to keep the team intact for another World Series run. I believe players on both the KC Royals and St. Louis Cardinals did this as well when those teams were great in the early 1980s. And Deon Sanders played at below market rates for a couple of years w/ San Fran and Dallas to pick up some Super Bowl hardware. So they aren't all jack-arses. btw, don't blame the economics of baseball for the piss-poor team in KC. your GM (Allaird Baird) is in the running for single worst executive in the history of the game, and your skinflint owner David Glass pockets the revenue share he gets from the Yankees, Red Sox, D'Backs et al instead of putting the money on the field. i'm not saying the economics of baseball aren't f'ed up (they are) but baseball's economics don't even begin to explain the KC Royals. Cheers