almost okay

Let me ask you something... Do you think ANYBODY is worth $35 million in salary a year? ANYBODY? Well, A-Rod's greedy agent Scott Boras apparently blew enough wind up the Yankee third baseman's skirt to make the All Star slugger believe that he was. Just for hitting a damn baseball no less. After initially opting out of his contract with the Yankees, A-Rod quickly found out that nobody besides George Steinbrenner was crazy enough to want him, even for what he was currently being paid. So on the advice of billionaire buddy Warren Buffet, A-Rod did an end around Boras and went back to the Yankees with his tail between his legs to try and hammer out a deal.

Word is the new deal is worth up to $275 million over ten years, including incentives should he pass Barry Bonds' home run record. That's still a lot of dough in my book, especially for somebody who hasn't proven himself to be anything exceptional in the post-season. I mean, he hasn't even been able to help the Yankees win it all since arriving in the Big Apple, and their roster was already loaded with talent. Is he a good player? Sure he is. The deal he signed is the biggest one in baseball history, so that proves it I guess. But doesn't there have to be a breaking point on these ridiculous salaries?

Here's how I hope this whole mess turns out...

One: The newly-indicted Barry Bonds gets stripped of his record after being convicted of perjury, thereby restoring Hammerin' Hank Aaron to his rightful position of Home Run King.

Two: A-Rod plays for the Yankees for four more years without winning a championship. His offensive numbers sag and a well-publicized spat with Yankees' management over his lack of production forces a trade to the Japanese league, the only other place besides New York where they can afford to pay him due to the ever-increasing strength of the yen versus the dollar. Of course, in order for the economic side of that to happen, it may mean that between now and then the U.S. will suffer its worst recession this side of the Crash of '29.

As long as I don't have to hear how much money A-Rod's making, it will be worth it.

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