-Caveat Lector-
Farmers can't earn a living. Nurses and trash collectors, can't earn a living
wage even though your health depends on them doing their jobs. Teachers struggle
to keep their families afloat.
Then you have CEOs who get million dollar bonuses even though their company
looses money. Mediocre actors like Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Arnold Swartzejrgh
make 20 million per picture. And then you have this obscenity...
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Dec. 11, 2000
Texas win$ A-Rod sweepstakes; slugger agrees to $252M deal
By Scott Miller
SportsLine.com Senior Writer
DALLAS -- Alex Rodriguez will be in a Texas Rangers uniform next
season. Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras has a Monday afternoon
meeting scheduled with Rangers officials to finalize the deal, which is
a 10-year, $252 million contract.
The Rangers have a 7 p.m. ET news conference scheduled to
announce the mammoth deal with the slugging shortstop.
In the hunt to the end, a Mariners source told SportsLine.com Monday
morning, "It's over."
Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez, who appears
poised to return to Cleveland, dominated
the industry buzz on a day that saw several
second-tier free agents sign.
Boston and the New York Mets remain
involved with Ramirez, according to sources,
but Ramirez has made it clear that he
wishes to return to Cleveland if the Indians
are in the ballpark of the other offers. Agent
Jeff Moorad said Sunday it will take an
eight-year offer to sign Ramirez, who could
agree to terms as early as Monday.
Short hops
The Darren Dreifort deal with the Los
Angeles Dodgers -- five years at $55
million -- is expected to be announced
Monday. The Dodgers, who already
have signed free agent pitcher Andy Ashby this winter, will
open the season with a rotation of Kevin Brown, Ashby,
Dreifort, Chan Ho Park and, most likely, Eric Gagne. Dreifort,
28, went 12-9 with a 4.16 ERA for the Dodgers in 2000. His
career record is 39-45.
It's been slow going for trades at the winter meetings, but
Detroit and Houston could solve that. The Tigers and Astros are
discussing a six-player swap, a source told SportsLine.com, that
would send right-handed pitcher Chris Holt, catcher Mitch
Meluskey and outfielder Roger Cedeno to the Tigers for
catcher Brad Ausmus, pitcher Doug Brocail and a minor
leaguer to be named. The source placed the odds of the deal
happening at "50-50'' late Sunday afternoon. Among other
things, Ausmus has a no-trade clause that he would have to
waive. It's no surprise, though, that the Astros would be eager
to deal away Meluskey. He and Matt Mieske got into a fistfight
behind the cage during batting practice before a Sunday
afternoon game in San Diego at mid-season, and Meluskey is
disliked by several in the Astros clubhouse.
Montreal pitcher Dustin Hermanson is said to remain available,
with Toronto and Boston among the interested teams.
Hermanson, who served as both a starter and a closer for the
Expos in 2000, is available because -- why else? -- he's too
expensive for Montreal. He's scheduled to make $5.3 million in
2001, $5.7 million in 2002 and the club holds a $7.5 million
option on him for 2003. Hermanson went 12-14 with four saves
and a 4.77 ERA for the Expos in 2000.
Don't be surprised if free agent catcher Tom Prince winds up in
Minnesota.
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