Comments on: Posada on Second http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/ A New York Yankees Blog Sun, 27 May 2012 00:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael T http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/#comment-21878 Michael T Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:40:04 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/09/posada-on-second/#comment-21878 The bright line between being really rich (e.g. mini-baller) and being a Baller is whether you can afford to buy and operate a private jet. Jorge isn't there yet and likely won't ever be but Arod is. The problem with being a ball player is that you are a straight W2 wage-earner and income taxes simply kill you. Off the top of my head, the atehletes that are Ballers: Baseball- Arod and Clemens Basketball- Jordan and Shaq (lots of outside income for both) Football- Nobody Hockey- The Great One Tennis- Agassi, Sampras, maybe Sharapova (agin the outside income here is huge) Golf- Tiger, the Ballerest athlete of all But all of these guys together barely equal one Oprah to put things in perspective. The bright line between being really rich (e.g. mini-baller) and being a Baller is whether you can afford to buy and operate a private jet. Jorge isn’t there yet and likely won’t ever be but Arod is. The problem with being a ball player is that you are a straight W2 wage-earner and income taxes simply kill you.

Off the top of my head, the atehletes that are Ballers:

Baseball- Arod and Clemens

Basketball- Jordan and Shaq (lots of outside income for both)

Football- Nobody

Hockey- The Great One

Tennis- Agassi, Sampras, maybe Sharapova (agin the outside income here is huge)

Golf- Tiger, the Ballerest athlete of all

But all of these guys together barely equal one Oprah to put things in perspective.

]]> By: steve (different one) http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/#comment-21856 steve (different one) Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:52:28 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/09/posada-on-second/#comment-21856 you are correct. you did say that, though i was replying to both you and dan, who implied staying with the Yankees. you are correct. you did say that, though i was replying to both you and dan, who implied staying with the Yankees.

]]> By: Ben K. http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/#comment-21851 Ben K. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:58:46 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/09/posada-on-second/#comment-21851 And that, Steve, is why I said I bet Posada stays in New York instead of saying I bet he stays with the Yanks. He could very well end up on the Mets. And that, Steve, is why I said I bet Posada stays in New York instead of saying I bet he stays with the Yanks. He could very well end up on the Mets.

]]> By: Jersey http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/#comment-21850 Jersey Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:57:32 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/09/posada-on-second/#comment-21850 The average salary of a Fortune 500 CEO is something like $10 mil a year, but the upper echelons definitely get up into the $20-$40 mil range with stock cashouts, etc. But Posada is still one of the wealthiest men in the country, which is a weird thing to say about a ballplayer, right? ARod makes more than almost every Fortune 500 CEO for example. Crazy. The average salary of a Fortune 500 CEO is something like $10 mil a year, but the upper echelons definitely get up into the $20-$40 mil range with stock cashouts, etc. But Posada is still one of the wealthiest men in the country, which is a weird thing to say about a ballplayer, right? ARod makes more than almost every Fortune 500 CEO for example. Crazy.

]]> By: steve (different one) http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/#comment-21849 steve (different one) Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:57:15 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/09/posada-on-second/#comment-21849 well, the Mets also play pretty close to that apartment and need a catcher. if Posada opts for free agency, i don't see any scenario where the Mets don't make him a crazy offer. that would be a nightmare, but there is going to be a lot of drama this offseason from the 4-ring club about Torre coming back. if the Yankees make a managerial change, and unless they win the WS, i don't see how they don't, the odds become a bit longer that all three of Pettitte, Posada, and Mariano come back next year. well, the Mets also play pretty close to that apartment and need a catcher.

if Posada opts for free agency, i don’t see any scenario where the Mets don’t make him a crazy offer.

that would be a nightmare, but there is going to be a lot of drama this offseason from the 4-ring club about Torre coming back.

if the Yankees make a managerial change, and unless they win the WS, i don’t see how they don’t, the odds become a bit longer that all three of Pettitte, Posada, and Mariano come back next year.

]]> By: Barry http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/#comment-21804 Barry Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:56:25 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/09/posada-on-second/#comment-21804 nice? try awesome. nice? try awesome.

]]> By: Ben K. http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/#comment-21803 Ben K. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:41:46 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/09/posada-on-second/#comment-21803 I wouldn't read too much into it. I think it means he likes having his family live in New York and wants a stable place. He knows he won't be playing for too too many more years, and a full floor apartment on Second Ave. is a great investment especially with <a href="http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/09/10/seventy-five-years-later-ind-opening-shows-the-sas-real-estate-effect/" rel="nofollow">a new subway line on the horizon</a>. That being said, I would be pretty surprised if he doesn't stay in New York. I wouldn’t read too much into it. I think it means he likes having his family live in New York and wants a stable place. He knows he won’t be playing for too too many more years, and a full floor apartment on Second Ave. is a great investment especially with a new subway line on the horizon.

That being said, I would be pretty surprised if he doesn’t stay in New York.

]]> By: dan http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/#comment-21801 dan Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:22:59 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/09/posada-on-second/#comment-21801 wouldnt this indicate that he's going to stay? wouldnt this indicate that he’s going to stay?

]]> By: Mike A. http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/#comment-21800 Mike A. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:47:26 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/09/posada-on-second/#comment-21800 It's amazing how much money these guys make. Look at Mike Myers, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/myersmi01.shtml" rel="nofollow">B-Ref says he's made over $9.5M in his career</a>! The <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_salaries.shtml" rel="nofollow">all-time salary list</a> is...is...I dunno what it is, but it's crazy how much money these guys make for playing a child's game. How in the world did Matt Williams make almost $79M during his career? $70M for Tim Salmon? $65M for Kevin Appier?!? Oi... It’s amazing how much money these guys make. Look at Mike Myers, B-Ref says he’s made over $9.5M in his career!

The all-time salary list is…is…I dunno what it is, but it’s crazy how much money these guys make for playing a child’s game. How in the world did Matt Williams make almost $79M during his career? $70M for Tim Salmon? $65M for Kevin Appier?!? Oi…

]]> By: JRVJ http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/posada-on-second-1108/#comment-21797 JRVJ Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:16:14 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/2007/09/09/posada-on-second/#comment-21797 There was an article on a similar topic also on the NYT recently (you should be able to read it by pressing my name). Yes, its nice to be an elite ballplayer, but I sort of get the impression that unless you are getting A-Rod money (and even then, barely) you are not in the same league as others super rich types out there today. There was an article on a similar topic also on the NYT recently (you should be able to read it by pressing my name).

Yes, its nice to be an elite ballplayer, but I sort of get the impression that unless you are getting A-Rod money (and even then, barely) you are not in the same league as others super rich types out there today.

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