Does Hanley Ramirez not care because he's got a $70 million dollar contract? Crazy as it sounds, Dan Uggla thinks/thought so:Uggla accused Ramirez of a lack of desire and effort to win. He also said Ramirez wasn't caring because he's already secured a $70 million, six-year contract.The funniest part about all of this to me is that Ramirez is earning $5.5 million this season and that Uggla is earning $5.35 million. In baseball terms, that amount is negligible.But I understand how jealously works. With a frugal franchise like the Marlins, long term contracts like the one Ramirez has are almost impossible to come by. Almost any other team in baseball would have locked up Uggla, the only 2nd baseman in history to hit at least 25 home runs in each of his first four seasons, to some kind of team friendly long term contract.But not the Marlins. Their salary structure simply does not give them the freedom to hand out long term contracts. So it's easy to see why Uggla could/w...
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