The line is an old one: “Why do divorces cost so much?” Because they are worth it.
In baseball divorces cost into the millions that would certainly make any Hollywood palimony suit seem like chump change or even a high-profile celebrity or powerbroker divorce seem equally parsimonious.
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The Red Sox are not new to the concept of dead money. Often a player is shipped out and the Red Sox have to pay the tab. After one season in Boston, Edgar Renteria was shipped out along with a bag full of Red Sox money to make the deal work.