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This is why I don’t like baseball anymore
I took this post from GossipSports.
Yankees, Rangers payroll disparity largest in playoff history
When the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees do battle in the ALCS, it will mark the greatest disparity in raw dollars between payrolls in the history of playoff baseball, at $152 million. Seriously.
Below, we’ve compared the 2010 payrolls (figures per ESPN.com) of both teams, and presented some fun facts for you to impress your friends. Don’t get enough spreadsheets at work? Of course you don’t.
- The difference between Alex Rodriguez (Yankees’ highest-paid player) and MichaelYoung (Rangers’ highest-paid) is Mark Teixeira.
- The Rangers’ five highest-paid players. Cliff Lee, Cristian Guzman and Jorge Cantu were just picked up this summer via trade. Rich Harden was released four days ago.
- For the price of Alex Rodriguez, you could sign every Texas Ranger except the six highest paid.
- The difference between the Yankees payroll and the Rangers payroll is the Cubs payroll. The Cubs have the third-highest payroll in baseball.
- Cliff Lee, C.J. Wilson, Colby Lewis and Tommy Hunter (all of Texas’ playoff starting rotation) combined make less than Mariano Rivera – the Yankees’ closer.
- The Yankees won 95 games at $207 million. The Rangers won 90 at $55 mil. The Yankees paid $30.4 million per extra win.
- The Rangers could triple every current player’s salary, sign Mark Teixeira away from the Yankees, and still have a lower payroll.
I say that if the Yankees do not win this series, they should be forced to drop all of their players and start over.
TLDR: MLB needs a salary cap.
My Biking Tracks
I have recently started started riding my bike a lot. I use an app on my phone that sends a whole bunch of info to a spreadsheet, so I made these charts. You probably don’t care, but I wanted to put them somewhere, so here they go.
Here some stats, as of 9/24/2010:
Total Distance (miles) = 218.39
Total Time = 16:59:12
Moving Time = 16:25:34
Number of Tracks = 39
Average Speed = 12.86
Average Moving Speed = 13.30
Average Distance/Ride = 5.60
Elevation Gain = 9,401
Min Elevation = -487
Max Elevation = 1,117
Total Calories Burnt = 8735.6
Avg Cals/Ride = 223.99
I am proud of myself.
How Grenades Work
Just in case you were wondering… (click for larger view)
Hunter…
After watching the video of Hunter S. Thompson on Conan, I was reading some shit about him. This was his suicide note, written a few days before his death.
Football Season Is Over
No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won’t hurt.
He was a crazy fucker, and one interesting ass person…
99 Problems…
Jay Z vs Tiger Woods
