hehe, true. Being the highest paid player in baseball means nothing
anymore. It just means you were the last guy to sign a piece of paper.
Actually, it never really did mean that much. Heck, Ozzie Smith was the
highest paid player in the game for awhile...

As for Jeter, he signed a 1-year, $10 million extention. You can look at 2
ways: 1) The Boss is getting a year bargain. 2) Jeter's price will probably
have gone up by next season. The deal they talked about was 7 years, $118.5
million. You can argue the point of wheter or not any player is worth that
kind of money, but relative to what players of similar or lesser talent will
sign for in 2001, that may be "cheap."

It's funny, cuz the Yanks started a policy of signing their young players to
contracts because they had been burned by arbitration. What Jeter
wanted/would have gotten in arbitration? About $9.5 million.

Good plan George:)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pablo H. Macouzet, Jr. [mailto:Pablo@...]
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 4:56 PM
To: chopchat@onelist.com
Subject: RE: [ChopChat] Assenmacher


From: "Pablo H. Macouzet, Jr." <Pablo@...>


Inflation? I don't know the figures, but at one point he was supposed to
get a long-term contract that would turn him into the highest paid
player....then again, seems like every free agent nowadays is becoming the
highest paid player.
Pablo H Macouzet, Jr. · Email: Pablo@...
ISyE Undergraduate · Web: http://pablo.resnet.gatech.edu
Georgia Institute of Technology · Phone: 404.206.0494
Atlanta, GA · Voicemail/Fax: 404.592.6006


-----Original Message-----
From: sentto-108220-4720-Pablo=Yellow-Jackets.com@returns.onelist.com
[mailto:sentto-108220-4720-Pablo=Yellow-Jackets.com@returns.onelist.com]On
Behalf Of DAVEinTN@...
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 5:36 PM
To: chopchat@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [ChopChat] Assenmacher


From: DAVEinTN@...

Hello, I was reading where the Yank's gave Jeter 10 MILLION for a year,
is it
just me or are they out of their collective minds??......Dave

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