How about the assumption that the winner of the Division moves onto the World Series. Technically, the Cubs would have gone to the NLCS, not the Series.
Also, another thing that bothered me...When Henry first joins up with the team and gets those back to back saves John Candy says that that brings the Cubs to their longest winning streak of the season...two.
Assuming that's correct at best the Cubs are .500 alternately winning a game and losing a game. More than likely though they probably had losing streaks in there and therefore would've been at least 5-10 games under .500 in August.
I'm not sure of the exact number of games remaining from when Henry joins up but that's a really hard climb in to contention.
As far as contracts go, teams can't just sell players to other teams. Though technically I guess they could've traded him to the Yankees for $25mil but if that's the case, Henry's manager would see squat as he would be entitled to 10% (though I think it's really 5%) of whatever he gets for Henry. Since the team gets the $25mil he wouldn't get any of it.
As far as contracts go, teams can't just sell players to other teams. Though technically I guess they could've traded him to the Yankees for $25mil but if that's the case, Henry's manager would see squat as he would be entitled to 10% (though I think it's really 5%) of whatever he gets for Henry. Since the team gets the $25mil he wouldn't get any of it.
Uh...really?? Ever heard of Babe Ruth and the curse of the Bambino??? The whole point was that the owner of the sox at the time was broke and he sold babe ruth to the yankees, although nowadays it does not happen, a player could be sold for just money.
Cash considerations are often used for trades, of course you can pay money for players. Somebody just got traded (in some semi-pro league) a few months ago for new baseball bats.