Paul Sullivan: Wailing over Craig Counsell’s deal is silly — neither he nor the Cubs did anything wrong
CHICAGO — When Ryne Sandberg signed a then-record four-year, $28.4 million contract extension with the Chicago Cubs during spring training in 1992, baseball executives were apoplectic. Sandberg’s average annual salary of $7.1 million far exceeded the $5.8 million average New York Mets slugger Bobby Bonilla received only a few months earlier. What were the Cubs thinking? Minnesota Twins general ...
CHICAGO — When Ryne Sandberg signed a then-record four-year, $28.4 million contract extension with the Chicago Cubs during spring training in 1992, baseball executives were apoplectic.
Sandberg’s average annual salary of $7.1 million far exceeded the $5.8 million average New York Mets slugger Bobby Bonilla received only a few months earlier.
What were the Cubs thinking?
Minnesota Twins general manager Andy MacPhail was among those livid over the toppling of baseball’s salary structure.
“My 3-year-old son could have made that deal (with Sandberg),” MacPhail said. “To jump from 5.8 (million) to 7.1! That was absolutely stupid a year ahead
