QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 10:22 AM)
A friend told me that Scott Merkin said that this claim is to keep Rios away from the Tigers. This was posted on his Facebook. I haven't bothered to check and befriend him on there, so can anybody confirm this?
Like others said in the thread, if Riccardi decides to walk away, we just commited to ~$60 millions just to keep him away from the Tigers. Ballsy.