Monday, April 11, 2005

For where your treasure is...

Jordon shares some information that makes you wonder what we, as a society, are thinking...

Team and individual salaries for professional baseball:

(Team payroll average first and average player salary next).


N.Y. Yankees $205,938,439 $7,920,709
Boston 121,311,945 4,332,569
New York Mets 104,770,139 3,880,376
Philadelphia 95,337,908 3,666,843
Los Angeles Angels 95,017,822 3,276,477
St. Louis 93,319,842 3,589,225
San Francisco 89,487,426 3,441,824
Chicago Cubs 87,210,933 3,114,676
Seattle 85,883,333 2,683,854
Atlanta 85,148,582 3,405,943
Los Angeles Dodgers 81,029,500 2,700,983
Houston 76,779,022 2,953,039
Chicago White Sox 75,228,000 2,786,222
Baltimore 74,570,539 2,663,234
Detroit 68,998,183 2,464,221
Arizona 63,015,834 2,333,920
San Diego 62,888,192 2,246,007
Florida 60,375,961 2,236,147
Cincinnati 59,658,275 1,988,609
Minnesota 56,615,000 2,096,852
Oakland 55,869,262 2,148,818
Texas 55,307,258 1,843,575
Washington 48,581,500 1,619,383
Colorado 47,789,000 1,647,897
Toronto 45,366,500 1,744,865
Cleveland 41,830,400 1,442,428
Milwaukee 40,234,833 1,609,393
Pittsburgh 38,133,000 1,361,893
Kansas City 36,881,000 1,365,963
Tampa Bay 29,893,567 1,067,627


And 50,000 people die every day from starvation.

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