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How Nick Swisher Proved He Cares More About Money Than Being a Yankees Lifer

the surprise of, well, nobody, it sounds like Nick Swisher will not be giving the New York Yankees a proverbial "hometown discount" this winter.

Swisher, on the books for $10.25 million this season, is due to become a free agent for the first time in his career this offseason, and the word from Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com is that the right fielder has his sights set pretty high for his next contract.

Apparently, he wants Jayson Werth money. In other words, a contract in the neighborhood of $126 million spread out over seven years.

Yeah, this is the part where you, savvy baseball fan, cringe.

Baseball is the best sport in the world, but the Werth contract is just one of many bad contracts handed out over the years that reflects ...

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