Alex Rodriguez's old nickname was "A-Rod." Know what it is now? "A-Lot."<g>
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 R*ovell covers sports business for E*SPN.com. He can be reached at
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