Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : There must be some kind way out of here

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1	Chicago Cubs	69	46	.6	C1
2	Philadelphia	62	51	.549	E1
3	Arizona	59	55	.518	W1
4	Milwaukee	64	51	.557	C2
5	St. Louis	64	52	.552	C3
6	Florida	60	54	.526	E2
7	New York Mets	59	54	.522	E3
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	56	57	.496	W2
9	Houston	54	59	.478	C4
10T	Pittsburgh	52	62	.456	C5
10T	Atlanta	52	62	.456	E4
12T	Colorado	52	63	.452	W3
12T	Cincinnati	52	63	.452	C6
14	San Francisco	48	65	.425	W4
15	San Diego	44	70	.386	W5
16	Washington	42	71	.372	E5

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Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	71	43	.623	W1
2	Tampa Bay	68	45	.602	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	63	49	.563	C1
4	Boston	66	49	.574	E2
5	Minnesota	63	51	.553	C2
6	New York Yankees	62	52	.544	E3
7	Texas	60	55	.522	W2
8	Toronto	58	56	.509	E4
9	Detroit	55	58	.487	C3
10	Baltimore	54	59	.478	E5
11	Oakland	53	60	.469	W3
12	Kansas City	53	62	.461	C4
13	Cleveland	49	64	.434	C5
14	Seattle	44	70	.386	W4

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There must be some kind way out of here

2007-01-30 20:04

by Bob Timmermann

The long-delayed contracts of Barry Bonds and J.D. Drew have a lot of ways for the Giants and Red Sox to terminate the contract.

For Drew, there are out clauses dealing with Drew's health, specifically, if Drew is on the DL for 35 days or more in 2009 and unable to play the outfield again. Similar language covers the Red Sox for 2010 and 2011.

For Bonds, there are out clauses for the Giants for much different reasons. Most notably, there are provisions that would allow the Giants to terminate the contract early if Bonds were indicted. The language in the contract states that Bonds would not file a grievance if the Giants changed the contract from being guaranteed to being nonguaranteed and then releasing him in the event of an indictment.

You can find more details about Bonds' contract here, if you scroll down.

UPDATE - Bonds's agent, Jeff Borris, says that the out clauses are unenforceable.

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Comments

2007-01-30 21:36:34

1. yankee23

"...said the joker to the thief..."

2007-01-30 21:47:28

2. Greg Brock

I approve of Bob Dylan headlines.

2007-01-30 23:45:53

3. El Lay Dave

If/when Bonds hits 756, maybe Henry Aaron can meet Bonds with a quote. How about "I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes; you'd know what a drag it is to see you."?

2007-01-31 01:39:20

4. yankee23

2 What about Bob Dylan headlines as played by Mr. Hendrix?

2007-01-31 06:54:40

5. Sam DC

Why would the MLBPA go along with these contracts? Bonds is a wierd case, but the Drew thing seems like a serious assault on the fundamental rule that baseball contracts are guaranteed, even in the case of never-play-again injury.

We can call it the Dreifort Rule, unless your yankee readers are wondering if it needs to be the Pavano Rule.

2007-01-31 07:03:43

6. StolenMonkey86

5- About that one . . .
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2748744

2007-01-31 08:43:08

7. thelarmis

Dylan recently hosted an XM Radio Theme Time show on Baseball and it was really, really good!

2007-01-31 09:04:21

8. murphy

didn't the yanks already have a clause similar to these in jaret wright's contract?

it didn't allow them to terminate, but did allow them to buy out on grounds of injury.

2007-01-31 09:44:51

9. dianagramr

"Broken lines, broken strings,
Broken threads, broken springs,
Broken idols, broken heads,
People sleeping in broken beds.
Ain't no use jiving
Ain't no use joking
Everything is broken."

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