When’s the last time this happened to you?

Your boss calls you into his office and tells you he was going to pay you $500,000 next year.

Then you whine about it.

I know, this is not real life; this is baseball. In fact, it’s pretty much all of sports these days. On a weekend when the Eagles emptied their piggy bank on a spending spree to land two top free agents, the Phillies also did a little business.

They did not reach a long-term deal with their so-called “ace,” pitcher Cole Hamels. Read about his new deal here.

Sorry if I’m having trouble working up a lot of sympathy for Hamels.

He’s in his second full season with the Phils. He was great last year, but still broke down late in the season and was shelved for awhile.

When they couldn’t get a deal with Hamels, the Phils renewed his contract.

Oh, and by the way. Hamels made his spring debut yesterday. He gave up 4 runs in two innings.

Hamels isn’t happy. I think he’ll get over it.