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Wednesday, December 13
A-Rod-Ometer: How fat is his wallet?



For $252 million, A-Rod can buy ...
  • 112 million hot dogs or 112 million sodas at The Ballpark in Arlington
  • 12,811,387 tickets at The Ballpark in Arlington (more than three seasons of sellouts)
  • 1,054,393 pairs of Tony Lama Python Boots (not including tax)
  • 86,597,938 bottles of Back Forty Texas BBQ sauce
  • 5,857 Chevrolet Suburbans (model K1500)
  • 5,978,647 shares of Nike stock
  • 504,000 of his highly graded 1994 rookie cards

    Lineup you can buy with $21 million
    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:

  • Rodriguez: $129,629
  • Reggie Miller, Indiana Pacers: $130,121
  • Paul Kariya, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, and Peter Forsberg, Colorado Avalanche: $121, 951
  • Courtney Brown, Cleveland Browns: $169,271

    How long would it take?
  • If Alex Rodriguez wanted to spend all of his $252 million in the next 10 years, he'd have to spend $2,877 per hour -- around the clock.
  • It would take 23,525 years for a worker earning minimum wage to earn $252 million.

    What his "neighbors" make
    Average salaries in Dallas, according to salary.com:

  • Senior architect: $61,229
  • TV reporter: $54,048
  • Pastry chef: $53,276
  • Athletic trainer: $41,006

    For sale: one shortstop or two non-competitive baseball teams
    Using franchise values according to Forbes:

  • 12: Number of baseball teams worth more than $252 million (including the Yankees at $548 million and the Rangers at $294 million)
  • 2: Number of baseball teams worth less than $100 million (Twins at $91 million, Expos at $89 million)
  • 4: Number of basketball teams worth more than $252 million (including the Knicks at $395 million and the Suns are worth $252 million)
  • 1: Number of hockey teams worth more than $252 million (the Rangers at $263 million)
  • 31: Number of football teams worth more than $252 million

    Darren Rovell covers sports business for ESPN.com. He can be reached at darren.rovell@espn.com.

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