Ned Colletti Has A Hissy Fit

Dodgers GM Ned Colletti is shocked and appalled that J.D. Drew would make use of a perfectly legal clause to opt out of the remainder of his contract. You know, the contract that the Dodgers negotiated with him and signed their name to.

This came six days after this. Colletti, I'm sure, fails to see the connection.

Major league baseball is a game to you and I, the ones who watch it. Major league baseball is a business to Ned Colletti and J.D. Drew and Eric Gagne, who make their living from it. They make decisions based on what is best for themselves, just like real businesses and employees do. The sooner that fans and sportswriters grow up and realize this, the sooner we will get to stop listening to whining like Colletti's.

The Dodgers were perfectly within their rights and made a good businessdecision to decline Gagne's option, which does not preclude them from bringing him back for less money. Drew was perfectly within his rights and made a good business decision to opt out of his contract and test the market, which does not preclude him returning to the Dodgers for more money. Sounds fair to me.