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[QUOTE="KaiserUEO, post: 1381413, member: 272"]
there was a great SI article at least 10 years ago, maybe more, about some obscure middle reliever who was in the right place at the right time when salarys sky-rocketed.
 
he had had a decent career, think his era was in the mid 3s...but was durable, a good clubhouse guy and had proven himself for a number of years and his contract was up at the right time.
 
people wanted him, he was highly sought after, got a monster deal for then and his position...cant remember exact #s so ill say something like 3 mill a year for 3 or 4 years. anyway, he played it out, couldve got another deal, but said... it, im rich and im going fishing.
 
and thats where they interviewed him, in a cabin and on his boat somewhere in the lakes of minnesota...happy and as rich as can be. it was during the season and he talked about how jim thome called him from a hotel on the road to ask what he was doing...and he was jealous that he wasnt fishing.
 
i probably got a lot of the details wrong, but it was a cool story about how it can really all work out if you are the right kind of person or do the right things.
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