Business Insider: How to Really Blow Up a Team

http://www.businessinsider.com/miami-marlins-giancarlo-stanton-contract-2015-9

Giancarlo Stanton nearly turned down a record-breaking $325 million contract last offseason for one reason: He was sick of losing.

Despite being offered a historic payday, Stanton told Ben Reiter of Sports Illustrated that he was "angered" by the offer.

"I put the paper down, and I was like, 'I'll tell you right now that numbers don't mean anything,'" Stanton said. "'If you think you're just going to pay me a bunch of money, and I'm going to go live my lavish lifestyle, come to the park and get my ass kicked every day, and go back to my lavish lifestyle, you got another thing coming.' I said that straight to their faces. I was angered."

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And then they offered him more money, and he signed.

As for pushing him out the door, that's the plan. The Marlins' plan has always been for Stanton to opt out.