John,.......What is wrong with this country, to pay one man this ?
        You don't have to think very hard to think what $27,500,000 (he makes  in a year),...can do with the poor, or to help many people in need !!!.......and then $10,000,000 just to sign his name to a piece of paper !!
   How can anyone even watch a game on TV,(or any sport).....when this is happening.
When I see this stuff,...how can I even ask the Lord to forgive this country for it's SIN,.......and it's love for money ? ........and to even support it, in any way ?
                                                                        God help us !!!........(How much longer, Lord ?)
                                                                                        Chip
 
 
Rodriguez finalizes $275M deal with Yankees
 

AP - Dec 13, 11:24 am EST
 
NEW YORK (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez set another record for baseball's highest contract, finalizing his $275 million, 10-year agreement with the New York Yankees on Thursday.

A-Rod set the previous mark with his $252 million, 10-year deal with Texas in December 2000. Traded to the Yankees in 2004, he opted out of that contract Oct. 28, during the final game of the World Series.

 A-Rod gets a $10 million signing bonus, of which $2 million is payable upon approval by the commissioner's office, $1 million each Jan. 15 from 2009-13 and $3 million on Jan. 15, 2014.

Rodriguez receives salaries of $27 million next year, $32 million in 2009 and 2010, $31 million in 2011, $29 million in 2012, $28 million in 2013, $25 million in 2014, $21 million in 2015 and $20 million in each of the final two years.

His $32 million salaries in 2009 and 2010 will be the largest for one season in major league history.

Rodriguez could receive an additional $6 million each for five milestones that the team designates as historic achievements. They are contemplated to be tying the home run marks of Willie Mays (660), Babe Ruth (714), Hank Aaron (755) and Bonds, and breaking Bonds' major league record.