{"id":36102,"date":"2019-03-19T20:12:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T20:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=36102"},"modified":"2019-03-19T20:12:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T20:12:15","slug":"how-much-would-the-mick-say-hey-and-the-man-earn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=36102","title":{"rendered":"How much would The Mick, Say Hey and The Man earn?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BBUXTDe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36103\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BBUXTDe-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BBUXTDe-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BBUXTDe-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BBUXTDe.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whenever I read reports about the salaries being paid to today&#8217;s pro athletes, I am drawn back to when I was a kid who idolized earlier athletic icons.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Trout, the best Major League Baseball player on Earth, has signed a deal worth <em>$430 million<\/em> over the next 12 years. He plays centerfield for the Los Angeles Angels, who want to keep him on their roster seemingly for the rest of his playing career.<\/p>\n<p>Wow! That is a ton of scratch, man.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t argue the point about the rightness or the wrongness of these salaries. It&#8217;s what sports franchise owners are willing to pay. If they&#8217;re willing, then athletes are entitled to ask for it.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I cannot help but wonder what some of these iconic athletes I used to admire would earn. Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Henry Aaron, Ted Williams? I figure it would be in the <em>gazillions!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I read these &#8220;sports&#8221; stories today and wonder whether competent sports writing these days requires advanced degrees in economics. These news stories revolve around &#8220;salary caps,&#8221; and &#8220;room&#8221; at the top of teams&#8217; payrolls and all those complications that muddy it all up.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Mike Trout. You&#8217;re set for several lifetimes. Behave yourself and &#8212; dare I say it? &#8212; don&#8217;t get hurt!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever I read reports about the salaries being paid to today&#8217;s pro athletes, I am drawn back to when I was a kid who idolized earlier athletic icons. Mike Trout, the best Major League Baseball player on Earth, has signed a deal worth $430 million over the next 12 years. 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