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Contract kept Hall of Famer Larkin from Mets

Found January 11, 2012 on New York Mets ? New York Post:
PLAYERS: Steve Phillips

Barry Larkin has no regrets about never joining the Mets. The shortstop, elected to the Hall of Fame on Monday, was on the verge of going to the Mets in July 2000, but rejected the move when then-general manager Steve Phillips decided not to give him the three-year contract he...
Original Story: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_s...
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Via Matthew Cerrone's Mets Blog  |  January 12, 2012
Barry Larkin, who was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame this past Monday, told the New York Post he has no regrets about declining a trade that would have sent him to the Mets in 2000. “I certainly am happy that I didn’t accept that trade” Larkin said, according to the Post.  “Being in Cincinnati for so long, I didn’t want to go to another organization as a...
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