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| 3rd February, 2009 - 5:50 pm | MLB.com - One day after Manny Ramirez rejected a one-year deal worth $25 million with the Dodgers, chairman Frank McCourt admitted that the team will "have to move on" at some point.
The deal would have given Ramirez the second-highest yearly salary in Major League Baseball history.
"Two things are clear to me," McCourt said. "We very much want the player back and we're trying hard. We came up with what we thought was a creative proposal to give him a lot of money, and well deserved in a challenging economy, and give him flexibility if he feels it's important to test free agency next year. I don't see long-term contracts happening in this market we're in.
"The other thing is, the agent [Scott Boras] is challenging to work with and we've tried hard. We've made three efforts and we still have not received a specific number from the agent, and I don't know what to tell you. At some point, you have to move on and start to get ready to win a championship." [READ] |
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