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john/z28jdDerek Bell who in spring training in 2002 after coming off a season in which he hit .173 with 13 rbi's in 46 games while being injured the rest of the season, said......
"Nobody told me I was in competition. If there is competition, somebody better let me know. If there is competition, they better eliminate me out of the race and go ahead and do what they're going to do with me. I ain't never hit in spring training and I never will. If it ain't settled with me out there, then they can trade me. I ain't going out there to hurt myself in spring training battling for a job. If it is [a competition], then I'm going into 'Operation Shutdown.' Tell them exactly what I said. I haven't competed for a job since 1991"
For those 13 rbi's over 2 years he got paid almost 10 million. He left the team,got on his yacht and sailed away.This guy was 3 years removed from his last really good season when he said that.