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In last week's column, Steve Wulf mused about what human history, culture and literature might be like if we were all a bit more like underpaid baseball stars. We asked you to play along, and lo and behold we got hundreds of e-mails. Here are some of the best:
"And A-Rod said, 'Let there be loot!' And there was loot."
"Walk softly, but carry a bigger paycheck."
"That's one small step for man, and one giant step toward my
next contract."
"I can't get no sat-is-faction, because I'm only the third-highest-paid first
baseman in the game."
"I like me ... I really, really like me."
"I shall return ... as long as I am paid in the top five, with less than 20% deferred."
"... among these [rights] are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of arbitration."
"It is always painful to part from those whom one has just met. But the
absence of old friends, one can endure with a fifteen million dollar signing bonus."
"Four million and seven hundred thousand dollars ago, my agent came forth to you ..."
"What is good? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of the general manager."
"It's easy having green."
"Give me liberty or a decent buyout clause."
"Baseball is 90% salary. The other half is endorsements."
"There is no joy in Mudville ... Mighty Casey has held out."
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