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The YANKEES starting line up $$$ (aka Damon is a yankee)

XHonusWagnerX - 12-21-2005 at 12:08 PM

I dont really care about baseball that much, but someone showed me this and I thought it was pretty amazing. Thats a lot of money to play a 'game'.


1 - Damon 13mil
2 - Jeter 17.5mil
3 - ARod 21.5mil
4 - Sheffield 13mil
5 - Giambi 17.5mil
6 - Matsui 13mil
7 - Bernie Willams - offered arbitration
8 - Posada 10.5mil
9 - Cano 360,000k

So the starting lineup, MINUS pitchers - both starters and relivers and minus the rest of the guys on the bench costs 106+ million not counting Willams who willlikely get 4 mil or so. So like $110 million dollars just for the 8 starting position players and the DH.

BDx13 - 12-21-2005 at 12:11 PM

is that per year or the cost of their individual contracts? i know fuckall about baseball.
and by the way, what the fuck does Cano do for that (comparatively) little money?

XHonusWagnerX - 12-21-2005 at 12:15 PM

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Originally posted by BIG DUANE
is that per year or the cost of their individual contracts? i know fuckall about baseball.
and by the way, what the fuck does Cano do for that (comparatively) little money?



Thats PER YEAR... fucking insane!
Cano is a rookie.

I dont know much about baseball either thats just stuff my friend told me.

tireironsaint - 12-21-2005 at 07:24 PM

This is why I despise most sports, well, this and the fact that most sports are boring, mind-numbing and expensive hobbies. It's even more ridiculous when the players are striking or throwing fits over wanting even more money. Grow up assholes, you make more money in a week then most people make in twenty years, and you make that for playing fuckin' GAMES. Assholes.

crazyfists28 - 12-21-2005 at 07:45 PM

agreed, i gave up on pro sports long ago. it used to be fun as a kid. i loved the nba with jordan bird and johnson. now i have no idea which high school the kid came from and why he makes the amount he makes. i went back to watching college basketball and find that its still so fun to watch. same with college football. much more for me to take in than some overpaid asshole doing a stupid endzone dance or making some comment for no reason. prosports have been ruined by the almighty dollar...

SAAAAARS - 12-21-2005 at 11:36 PM

cano's price will go up, dudes good. i am so siked for baseball this year. many a trip to new york will be taken

Voodoobillyman - 12-22-2005 at 09:55 AM

It's no secret that the Yankees have bought there championships for the last decade and a half. It just goes to show, that in some cases you can throw money at the problem and it will be fixed.

Jason the Magnificent - 12-22-2005 at 11:35 AM

I don't know I think the southsides got a repeat. Go Sox.

Voodoobillyman - 12-22-2005 at 01:02 PM

Just because they are spending the money dosent mean they will win anything, just look at last season when A-Rod was supposed to return them to glory for 22 million a year. What a joke this team has become. What a joke baseball has become. If this really is the ultimate symbol of Americas pastime, then it just goes to show how wrapped up in bullshit this society has become.