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Old 12-04-2008, 07:53 AM   #286
sterlingice
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Originally Posted by molson View Post
It Seems to good to be true for the Sox to lock him up until age 31 at pretty much what the Pirates pay Jack Wilson. And great security for Pedroia. I wonder why we don't more deals like this.

The players union doesn't like these sorts of deals since it typically buys out a couple of prime years so they put a lot of pressure on young players to not accept them

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