Curt Schilling On His Bonus Clause, And Others'

Curt Schilling, on his immaculately typed blog this week, blasted the new Baseball Writers Association rule that says anyone who has an incentive in their contract to win an MVP or Cy Young award will be ineligible. There's money to be lost, but that doesn't seem to be his issue; actually, we're not sure what his issue is, though it does give him license to hammer Bill Conlin, which is kind of funny. (Check your email, Curt: An angry missive is surely coming!)

Anyway, the "Schilling Clause" got Mental Floss thinking: What are the weirdest contract clauses in history? Our favorite is their favorite, the case of one Charlie Kerfeld:

After a spectacular rookie season in 1986, the rotund reliever who always pitched in his lucky Jetsons t-shirt needed a new contract. Kerfeld asked for $110,037.37, matching his number 37 jersey, to pitch in 1987. On top of that, he received 37 boxes of orange Jell-O in the deal. The Astros would soon regret this delicious bonus, though; Kerfeld, who was famously caught eating ribs in the dugout that season, would battle weight and injury problems and get sent down to the minors.

Actually ... now that we're thinking about it ... someone should check Schilling's contract for a Jell-O clause, as well.

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