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Biggio509 · 07-25-2010, 12:54 PM

I am playing in the early years it was around 1875. Ross Barnes is going to become a free agent. I look and he wants to test the market. Ok. Then I get an email saying hey my contract is about to expire. I meet his demands, the guy hit over .400 the last couple of years. He fires back the money isn't enough and counter-offers the same amount I offered! I raise it a couple of times until it is $11000. No dice.

So I am thinking ok he really does want to test the market. Barnes becomes a free agent. I make an offer and he is demanding $638! I already offered him $1100 but he likes my $638 offer now! Eventually a bidding war breaks out and during preseason I sign him for $1150, a huge amount in 1875. So I guess it worked but it was a strange negotiation to say the least.

07-25-2010, 12:54 PM	#1
Biggio509 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,027	Wierd contract talks I am playing in the early years it was around 1875. Ross Barnes is going to become a free agent. I look and he wants to test the market. Ok. Then I get an email saying hey my contract is about to expire. I meet his demands, the guy hit over .400 the last couple of years. He fires back the money isn't enough and counter-offers the same amount I offered! I raise it a couple of times until it is $11000. No dice. So I am thinking ok he really does want to test the market. Barnes becomes a free agent. I make an offer and he is demanding $638! I already offered him $1100 but he likes my $638 offer now! Eventually a bidding war breaks out and during preseason I sign him for $1150, a huge amount in 1875. So I guess it worked but it was a strange negotiation to say the least.