Saturday, January 14, 2006
Contract Language for Delgado
The New York Mets, owing Carlos Delgado $48 million on the remainder of the contract he signed with the Marlins, may want to consider adding some fine print to minimize the team's exposure in the event of off-the-field injury. Among player activities to be specifically proscribed for oversight, regulation, or banishment, are: mountain climbing, subject to supervision; cave exploration, subject to limitation; skiing, subject to limitation; motorcycling, subject to disallowment; marching or demonstrating against the USA in a pro al-Qaeda parade, forbidden; acting as a human shield at protest during U.S. Navy bombardment of Puerto Rican territory, forbidden; and personal transit aboard New York City subway system, absolutely verboten.
Doctor X -- the 'Baseball Medic' -- is an anonymous U.S. government trauma specialist with a Duke University sports medicine background and more than 20 years experience in emergency medicine. From time to time he considers MLB rumors, events and news reports as they pertain to baseball players' injuries, illnesses and various other disabilities, both on the field and off.
MLB Rumors editor Greg Fieg is a former sports news editor and award-winning writer whose bylines have appeared on the wires of the Associated Press and in numerous publications, including San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, Houston Chronicle and Philadelphia Bulletin. He formerly was posted in various positions on the U.S.-Mexican border with Freedom Newspapers, and was a regular, independent contributor to United Press International.