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Wednesday, December 13 | |||||
A-Rod-Ometer: How fat is his wallet? ESPN.com | |||||
For $252 million, A-Rod can buy ... Using A-Rod's 2001 salary of $21 million, here's a lineup you could have had for that amount in 2000 that includes both MVPs: C: Jason Kendall, $2.25 million 1B: Jason Giambi, $3.1 million 2B: Jeff Kent, $6 million 3B: Troy Glaus, $275,000 SS: Miguel Tejada, $290,000 LF: Darin Erstad, $2.1 million CF: Brian Giles, $1.8 million RF: Vladimir Guerrero, $3.5 million DH: Magglio Ordonez, $425,000 SP: Tim Hudson, $250,000 SP: Freddy Garcia, $325,000 SP: Barry Zito, $200,000 SP: Rick Ankiel, $202,500 RP: Keith Foulke, $375,000 Total team payroll: $21 million (OK, it's $90,000 over) How much per game? Athletes earning a similar total per game as Alex Rodriguez: Average salaries in Dallas, according to salary.com: Using franchise values according to Forbes: | ALSO SEE Rangers go for broke: A-Rod deal worth $252M Tale of the Tape: A-Rod vs. Tom Hicks AthletesDirect: Alex Rodriguez answers fans' questions AUDIO/VIDEO Agent Scott Boras on how Rangers owner Tom Hicks validates $250 million for A-Rod's services. wav: 971 k RealAudio: 14.4 | 28.8 | 56.6 How can the Rangers make their money back on A-Rod? ESPN.com's Jayson Stark ponders. wav: 601 k RealAudio: 14.4 | 28.8 | 56.6 |