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In what has to be the early leader in the "least surprising news of the week" award, nobody wanted to trade for GM-choke-slammer Shawn Chacon. He officially cleared waivers yesterday afternoon, meaning he's free to sign with any other franchise who thinks his mediocre pitching is worth the hit to the team's image and/or GM's face. (I don't know about you, but I'm hoping the White Sox show interest, just so we can see what happens when Chacon disagrees with strength and conditioning coach [and former professional wrestler] Dale "The Demon" Torborg. But I digress ...)
Big league contracts are guaranteed, but the way the Astros see it, choke-slamming your boss is grounds for breach of contract, so they've decided not to pay Chacon the rest of his salary. Considering he's still owed nearly a million dollars, Chacon went running to the players association, which officially filed a greivance today.
Whereas you or I would be S.O.L were we to choke-slam our boss, it's a bit murky whether or not Chacon is actually entitled to his salary. Even if an arbiter rules in his favor, though, you have to figure that the Astros or MLB will be entitled to take a chunk of his money in the form of a suspension.
Either way, this case will set a precedent, and I'm sure the likes of Elijah Dukes and Milton Bradley are sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to see how this all goes down.
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