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For one night, Ordonez worth the cost

By Buster Olney

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

It's too bad there isn't a transcript of the conversation that took place sometime this summer between Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and his baseball people about Magglio Ordonez. Presumably, those people presented these facts for Ilitch to digest: Ordonez's contract contained a vesting option for 2010, for $18 million, and if Ordonez remained in the lineup on a regular basis, he would accumulate the option easily. Ordonez was still an effective player, they presumably said, but at $18 milli ...

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