Comments on: Is A-Rod’s contract a blueprint for an Albert Pujols deal?

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:34:42 +0000

Have a hard time believing baseball *wouldn’t* allow it.

*Grouses about the lack of an edit button*

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:34:08 +0000

A-Rod’s incentives are allowed because they’re marketing agreements based on home run milestones. Yes, they probably played fast and loose with the rules there, but I have a hard time believing that if Pujols and the Cards wanted to work out a marketing agreement for his 660th, 714th, 755th, 762nd, record-tying and record-breaking home runs, baseball would allow it.

By: henryd3rd

henryd3rd — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:55:48 +0000

Very clever! A-rod please give me a loan!

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:39:49 +0000

The last thing A-rod needs is a loan.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:51:10 +0000

Yes sir, I will. I owe you one anyway. I forget the terms of why, but I do remember I owe you one
“Leave A-rod alone!!”

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:38:35 +0000

Here’s an opening for the first time this year.

Leave ARod alone!

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:50:47 +0000

“if teams can’t give players bonuses for actual performance benchmarks like 100 RBI or 40 home runs, why can the Yankees give A-Rod bonuses for hitting his 660th home run, for example? The answer is that MLB approved the language in A-Rod’s deal specially. It doesn’t say how those clauses are distinguishable from the banned ones, of course.”

Loophole. It doesn’t apply to Centaurs.

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:30:34 +0000

Post-dated checks, I hope.