Found April 20, 2010 on Thunder Matt's Saloon:
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Here's the thing Jeff. To be a two-sport superstar you actually have to be good at both sports. Bo Jackson must be rolling over in his grave right now, if he were actually dead that is.As if the Angel Pagan home run wasn't enough to make me lose all hope of a Cubs win last night. Lou had to trot Jeff Samardzija out there to insure I would enjoy watching the game even less.We rant and rave over bad contracts this team has, most notably Alfonso Soriano. But seriously look at this ****:Jeff Samardzija rhp5 years/$10M (2007-11), plus 2012 & 2013 club options5 years/$10M (2007-11), plus 2012 & 2013 club optionssigned Major League contract with Cubs 1/07, giving up football$2M signing bonus10:$3Mno-trade clausetotal value may reach $16.5M with exercise of optionsmust return bonus & much of remaining $10M if he returns to footballdrafted 2006 (5-149) (Notre Dame)signed 6/06, $1M signing bonus (may increase to $7.25M if Samardzija chooses to play baseball over...
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