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Old 01-10-2007, 12:08 PM   #12
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Re: The 37 year old ballplayer

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Originally Posted by dfs View Post
The contract is that long. The cubs are clearly gambling that prices will raise to the point where he won't be considered that extreme an expense.
Quite the gamble, in MLB history 20,740 players have had at 300 PA's or more in a season, only 611 of them were 37 or older. That's .029%, the house wins most of those bets.
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