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Was A-Rod’s Contract Worse Than Mark Teixeira’s?

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It is 2003.

You are a 28-year-old MVP shortstop.

You are coming off a season in which your ball club has finished in last place in your division for the third time in as many years.

A seven-time All Star and two-time Gold Glove winner, you have 344 home runs, which is just one long ball from tying Cal Ripken Jr’s record for a shortstop.

Despite being locked into a contract that can buy you the team you currently play on ($252 million to be exact), you are unhappy in your present situation.

Hard to imagine I know, but please bear with me.

A native New Yorker, you dream of playing for the team you grew up just three miles from. Frankly, you do not care where you hit in the lineup. ...

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