A-Rod

10 years for $252 million dollars for a baseball player. Ridiculous you say? It's about to be blown out of the water.

The word on the street is that A-Rod's agent Scott Boras told the Yankees that A-Rod wouldn't even come to a meeting in Tampa unless the offer started at $350 million. $350 million?????? That is utterly ridiculous.

I heard on Mike and Mike on ESPN Radio the other day that $350 is worth more than a handful of franchises like Pittsburgh, Florida, and Tampa. That is simply obscene. And then consider this...A-Rod is already 32. So if this is a 10 year contract, and in my opinion, for $350 million it should be a 35 year contract, A-Rod will be 42 in the last year of it. How many ballplayers are worth anything, let alone, $35 million at age 42? Barry Bonds, arguably one of the best baseball players ever, is a shell of himself at 42. Bonds made about $17 million last year and he wasn't worth that. $35 million???? Michael Jordan never even made that and he was the best basketball player of all time, bar none.

I seriously doubt that Boras will get A-Rod $35o million. I doubt the Yankees will even get in on the bidding, if there is bidding. So who needs a third baseman? Maybe Boston if they let Lowell walk away. Think about that...Boston wins the world series and then gets the best player in baseball (at least during the regular season). Oh and by the way, that player used to be on the Yankees. How good would you feel as a Red Sox fan if that happened? I don't know who else needs a third baseman or who could get in on the bidding.

It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.....