This makes me really sick. A-Rod makes more than the whole Marlins team.

[El Supremo]

NEW YORK (AP)—Alex Rodriguez makes more this year than his hometown Florida Marlins.

Boosted by his new deal with the New York Yankees, A-Rod tops the major league baseball salary list at $28 million, according to a study of contract terms by The Associated Press. The 33 players on the Marlins’ opening-day roster and disabled list total $21.8 million.

“The Marlins? It’s amazing,” Rodriguez said. “And they still seem to find a way to be very competitive. They have a great pool of talent; they made some unbelievable trades, so they have great personnel people. To win two championships in 11 years, that’s really admirable, and I’m very proud of that organization, being from Miami.”

For the first time in baseball history, the average salary topped the $3 million mark. The 855 players on opening-day rosters and the DL averaged $3.15 million, up 7.1 percent from last year’s starting average of $2.94 million.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AiilT0X1Dt6lZdmPGnRkrCIRvLYF?slug=ap-salaries&prov=ap&type=lgns

or: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080401/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_salaries_5

[joeybee12]

1. Your subect line could have not inlcuded from "makes more...etc."

and I still would have agreed with it!

[El Supremo]

2. Well, I did get the wrong team. I fixed it.

Fish or Rays what's the difference?

[joeybee12]

3. Oh, no big deal...he makes me sick no matter what!

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[BOSSHOG]

4. That is quite sad!

[El Supremo]

5. I don't know which is worse...

A-Rod's salary or the Marlin's

The next lowest team salary is more than twice that of the Fish

Here are the team and average player's pay (doubt that the spaces and/or tabs will show up right):

Yankees $209,081,579 $6,744,567
Tigers $138,685,197 $4,622,840
Mets $138,293,378 $4,609,779
Red Sox $133,440,037 $4,765,716
White Sox $121,152,667 $4,487,136
Angels $119,216,333 $4,110,908
Cubs $118,595,833 $4,392,438
Dodgers $118,536,038 $4,233,430
Mariners $117,993,982 $4,538,230
Braves $102,424,018 $3,414,134
Cardinals $100,624,450 $3,049,226
Blue Jays $98,641,957 $3,522,927
Phillies $98,269,881 $3,388,617
Astros $88,930,415 $3,293,719
Brewers $81,004,167 $2,793,247
Indians $78,970,067 $3,037,310
Giants $76,904,500 $2,651,879
Reds $74,277,695 $2,971,108
Padres $73,677,617 $2,376,697
Rockies $68,655,500 $2,640,596
Rangers $68,239,551 $2,353,088
Orioles $67,196,248 $2,099,883
Diamondbacks$66,202,713 $2,364,383
Twins $62,182,767 $2,487,311
Royals $58,245,500 $2,240,212
Nationals $54,961,000 $1,895,207
Pirates $49,365,283 $1,898,665
A's $47,967,126 $1,713,112
Rays $43,820,598 $1,460,687
Marlins $21,836,500 $ 661,712

[BOSSHOG]

6. I believe

A-ROD's salary is much worse. 660K plus per diem for playing a game eight months out of the season? I just don't understand how an A-ROD can sit across the table in negotiations and accept such monies. Surely to God he could live on half as much.

[northzax]

7. sure he could

but if a billionaire is willing to pay him that much, why not? as long as Yankees fans continue to buy tickets, jerseys and the YES network to watch games, the price will keep going up.

it's not like any pay cut he took would go to feed starving children, it would go right back into the pockets of the Steinbrenner family, who obviously think he is worth that much in pinstripes.

[againes654]

19. Oh please

if someone offered me that much money to play a freaking game, I would jump on it. I wouldn't say "oh no thank you. That is too much money"

The blame should be on the stupid owners that pay stupid amounts of money for playing a game.

I don't even like A-fraud, but to blame him solely is silly.

[northzax]

8. what's sad is that the most profitable team in baseball

er, that's the Marlins, not the Yankees, one that is dependent on revenue sharing, doesn't even spend the entire revenue sharing amount on salaries. Other, higher revenue, clubs are giving them money so that they can afford to be competitive and the owner just pockets it. that is disgusting.

[rinsd]

9. Yankees revenues are $300M+ a year.

[MaineDem]

10. There's something really wrong with this

People can't afford healthcare and medications but these guys get more money than many small countries for playing a child's game. Sad.

(And I love baseball.)

[El Supremo]

11. But Hillary, Barack or McCain may spend even more than the Yankees.

Yes, there is something really wrong with our society.

[MaineDem]

12. There's that too. n/t

[quip]

13. Absolutely NOTHING wrong with it. Baseball is as pure a meritocracy as you'll find.

Big stars = lots of fans in the stands, buying soda pop, jerseys, caps, plus the stars attract advertisers with big $$$. So why shouldn't they benefit? Is it better that the owners KEEP all of that money? :shrug:

[MaineDem]

14. I'd like to see cheaper seats.

Going to a game has gotten way out of hand.

[Yavin4]

21. Do You Really Think That If They Paid Players Less, They'd Lower The Price on Seats?

Come on.

[El Supremo]

15. Well, at least some give a lot to charity. n/m

[quip]

16. Who says that they aren't in fact doing this?

:shrug:

[Papi]

17. I am for revenue sharing

Or at least eliminate all of these teams that can't compete financially with the others. Most of the time their record is atrocious.

[BlooInBloo]

18. I'm pro-labor, rather than pro the billionaire owners.

[Jack Rabbit]

20. He had a better year than they did

. . . to paraphrase Babe Ruth on being asked about making more money than the President, who at the time was Herbert Hoover.

[fascisthunter]

22. I Believe the MLB SHould Have a CAP Just Like Football

Something to even the playing field for all teams to compete. I'm fortunate living in an area where my team (Red Sox) can get plenty of revenue from all of New England. I think it would do baseball itself good and would bring more people to the games in areas of the country that have a hard time filling in seats.

[Scurrilous]

23. And as of Monday May 12th, 2008...

...the Florida Marlins have the best record in baseball:

Uggla fuels Marlins' sweep

http://www.miamiherald.com/589/story/529547.html

Dan Uggla cranked out two more home runs Sunday, giving him seven in his past nine games, and Florida ascended to the best record in baseball.

<snip>

"Dan Uggla didn't like the feel of the pink bat he used in his first plate appearance Sunday afternoon, going back to his regular model for the remainder of the game.

However, Jeremy Hermida liked his bat so much he is going to try to use it again Monday.

Regardless of the color, Uggla and Hermida used their bats well, both hitting home runs in the eighth inning -- for Uggla, it was his second of the game -- to lift the Marlins to a 5-4 victory over Washington at Nationals Park and giving Florida the best record in the major leagues.

The Marlins (23-14) gained big-league supremacy -- although it is only May -- when the Diamondbacks (23-15) lost to the Cubs (22-15) and the Red Sox (24-16) were beaten by the Twins."

:thumbsup:

[RockaFowler]

24. Go Marlins

Couldn't happen to a better team. I love the team because they are all so young and just don't know that they aren't supposed to be winning.
By the way, ESPN still doesn't give the Marlins any love. I wonder why . . . It's all about the Yankees and Red Sox and Tigers.

[erpowers]

25. Yankees Struggling

While the Marlins have the best record in baseball it seems the Yankees are struggling. In addition, A-Rod had to miss a few games.

[northzax]

26. yeah, but like six of those wins

are against the Nationals, so that's not really fair.