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Gonzalez, Lopez head All-Contract Year Team

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

It was spring training. A one-time All-Star stepped into the batting cage and started pounding baseballs all over Florida. His general manager eyed him and said, "Boy, is he in great shape. ... Of course, it is his contract year." Well, golly, you sure do hate to be cynical about ballplayers and the kind of thing that motivates them. But in case you never noticed this, money doesn't just talk here in this modern age of ours. It screams. It roars. It practically sings the Best of Pearl Jam. A ...

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