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Overpaid players and aging stars reshape baseball market
The author argues clubs overpay aging veterans like Orlando Cepeda and Willie Mays, noting Cepeda’s near $100,000 salary and Mays’ $140,000 deal. Trades reflect balance as teams shed costly rosters. calls grow for tighter limits on active players to curb profligacy and avoid shopworn value.
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Copley
Charlie O. Finley
Orlando Cepeda
Oakland
Cepeda
Detroit
Washington
Texas
San Francisco Giants
Willie Mays
Mets
New York
Willie
Yogi Berra
Mays
Joan Payson
Gotham
Horace Stoneham
Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Maury Wills
Maury