Tony Clark moving from the Padres to the Diamondbacks strikes me as a great move for both Arizona and Tony.
Clark spent three seasons with Arizona, and became a good pinch hitter and sometime 1b replacement. These days, in San Diego, he is only a pinch hitter, because Adrian Gonzalez plays every day.
What's remarkable is that Clark was entitled to a $500,000 bonus if San Diego traded him, and he waived it. That's a half million bucks! Gone.
And that's why the story is cool. Clark does not fancy himself an every day major league ballplayer anymore. He's older and more mature. He wants to help a ballclub win, and he wants to be in the playoffs. That's more important than money, and it's nice to see a ballplayer make that choice.
