After the 2002 season, he moved on to a lucrative offer in China.
For only the second time in 125 years, someone has spurned the lucrative offer.
In 1975 he turned down a lucrative offer to manage Queen.
But they were such lucrative offers, he added, "I doubt that we would have tried to match them in any case."
The thinking is that they have not received lucrative offers because many teams are afraid to pay the luxury tax.
But the Rockies are more likely to make the most lucrative offer.
Nashville has made a lucrative offer to lure the team away.
He has accepted a lucrative offer to coach the Russian national team.
He has also turned down lucrative, high-profile offers because a novel idea didn't come to him.
But the Expos clearly aren't in a position to match lucrative offers for all three players.