I'm shocked that Hamilton didn't get a longer term offer from a sucker GM. There really has to be something us fans don't know about the guy behind the scenes. His personal situation, though he seems to be recovering and totally grounded, is probably far from it when the best hitter in baseball only gets a 3 year deal (albeit a large sum). These are the same GM's offering Prince "Baby Fat" Fielder an 8 year deal when in 5 his knees and hips won't be able to funtion as they do today. Hamilton at 3 years seems like much better value.
As a side note, apparently when A-Rod signed that crazy deal years back, it was written in his contract that he has to be paid the highest in baseball by $1. If anyone got more per year than he did, his team would have to bump his salary to beat that player by $1. If my math is correct with Hamilton getting $28M and change per season, does A-Rod get more? Crazy stuff.
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