The Gold Glove and Fat Clauses

This week, one of my favorite baseball players, Kevin Youkilis, was awarded a gold glove. Yooooouk is an excellent first-baseman, a by-all-accounts-good-guy, and an integral part of the 2007 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox.

The other news out of the Red Sox camp was that Curt Schilling has resigned for one year. With a fat clause. He's not allowed to show up at spring training in February looking like the bloated, beached whale that he is. Don't get me wrong, I like Schill, and I think he has a lot to offer kids like Buckholtz and Lester. But a fat clause? Holy shit. I hope my employer doesn't catch wind of this.