Hall, Clark, Turnbow, Suppan, Sheets, etc... none of these players had historic seasons leading in to their contracts. They were more of a gamble. What I'm more focused on are the Fielder and Braun situations. Both of those players did have historic seasons last year. Fielder being the youngest player ever to hit 50 HR in a season (beating Willie Mays) and Braun slugging .634, the highest rookie slugging % of all time. This is a whole new level of player we are looking at. If ownership is going to base their extensions off of the history of subpar players in relation to Fielder and Braun, then we don't have much to look forward to as fans in my opinion.