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03-06-2009, 03:40 PM
Manny Ramirez has agreed to play with the Los Angeles Dodgers for two years. He will get $45 million ($25 million in 2009, $20 million in '10) with a player option after the first year and a no-trade clause.
Ramirez had come to the Dodgers last summer from the Red Sox after forcing a trade that tore up $20 million options for 2009 and '10. As reported in MLB.com, Ramirez, 37 in May, had originally sought a contract length of six years at a salary in the Alex Rodriguez neighborhood ($27.5 million a year).
But he says he is not disappointed. He told MLB.com: "I won. I got out of [Boston]," he said. "I already make my money [$162 million in career earnings]. I'm in a great place, where I want to play. I am happy, my teammates love me, the fans love me. Sometimes it's better to have a two-year deal in a place you're happy than an eight-year deal in a place you suffer."
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Ramirez had come to the Dodgers last summer from the Red Sox after forcing a trade that tore up $20 million options for 2009 and '10. As reported in MLB.com, Ramirez, 37 in May, had originally sought a contract length of six years at a salary in the Alex Rodriguez neighborhood ($27.5 million a year).
But he says he is not disappointed. He told MLB.com: "I won. I got out of [Boston]," he said. "I already make my money [$162 million in career earnings]. I'm in a great place, where I want to play. I am happy, my teammates love me, the fans love me. Sometimes it's better to have a two-year deal in a place you're happy than an eight-year deal in a place you suffer."
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090305... (http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090305&content_id=3922510&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#15)