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#12
10-05-2007, 01:22 AM
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Re: GG Colorado Rockies - Widow gets playoff share
OK, somebody has to be the dick, I guess it'll be me. This is great, don't get me wrong, but for the amount of ball-washing the press is going to give this story I think it needs to be put into perspective. I don't know how many total playoff shares there are, but for the sake of argument let's say 25 (although it's got to be more like 40, right?). 25 x $362,173 = $9,054,325. So let's pretend they don't give her the extra share: $9,054,325/24 = $377,263.54. So, even with that few shares, each guy is giving up $15,090.54. For a guy making the MLB minimum that's actually meaningful, but Todd Helton made $16,600,000 this year, Matt Holliday $4,400,000, on down to Tulowiski at $381,000. The Rockies total payroll is $54,424,000.
So again, better they do this than not. But I'd like to see the Rockies or Todd Helton match whatever she gets or something like that before I start hailing this as some huge act of charity. 
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#13
10-05-2007, 01:25 AM
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Re: GG Colorado Rockies - Widow gets playoff share
LFS,
WTF? Are you going to send this woman some money?
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#17
10-05-2007, 01:33 AM
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Re: GG Colorado Rockies - Widow gets playoff share
Yes, it's cool. No, I'm not sending her any money. If I stood to make an extra $362,000 in the next month and I knew her, hell yes I would. It's very nice of them all. I have no idea why for some reason I felt the need to point out that a bunch of super-rich people donating $15,000 to a widow who I'm sure really needs the money doesn't exactly make them all Mother Theresas, but there you go.
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#19
10-05-2007, 01:39 AM
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Re: GG Colorado Rockies - Widow gets playoff share
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LFS, yeah, looks like you are the dick alright. [/ QUOTE ] Though I agree the ballwashing will get a bit much...Rick Reilly column in 5...4...3...2...
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