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	Wednesday, December 13
	A-Rod-Ometer: How fat is his wallet? By Darren Rovell ESPN.com
	For $252 million, A-Rod can buy ... 112 million hot dogs or 112 million sodas at The Ballpark in Arlington 12,811,387 tickets at The Ballpark in Arlington (more than three seasons of sellouts) 1,054,393 pairs of Tony Lama Python Boots (not including tax) 86,597,938 bottles of Back Forty Texas BBQ sauce 5,857 Chevrolet Suburbans (model K1500) 5,978,647 shares of Nike stock 504,000 of his highly graded 1994 rookie cards Lineup you can buy with $21 million Using A-Rod's 2001 salary of $21 million, here's a lineup you could have had for that amount in 2000 that includes both MVPs: C: Jason Kendall, $2.25 million 1B: Jason Giambi, $3.1 million 2B: Jeff Kent, $6 million 3B: Troy Glaus, $275,000 SS: Miguel Tejada, $290,000 LF: Darin Erstad, $2.1 million CF: Brian Giles, $1.8 million RF: Vladimir Guerrero, $3.5 million DH: Magglio Ordonez, $425,000 SP: Tim Hudson, $250,000 SP: Freddy Garcia, $325,000 SP: Barry Zito, $200,000 SP: Rick Ankiel, $202,500 RP: Keith Foulke, $375,000 Total team payroll: $21 million (OK, it's $90,000 over) How much per game? Athletes earning a similar total per game as Alex Rodriguez: Rodriguez: $129,629 Reggie Miller, Indiana Pacers: $130,121 Paul Kariya, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, and Peter Forsberg, Colorado Avalanche: $121, 951 Courtney Brown, Cleveland Browns: $169,271 How long would it take? If Alex Rodriguez wanted to spend all of his $252 million in the next 10 years, he'd have to spend $2,877 per hour -- around the clock. It would take 23,525 years for a worker earning minimum wage to earn $252 million. What his "neighbors" make Average salaries in Dallas, according to salary.com: Senior architect: $61,229 TV reporter: $54,048 Pastry chef: $53,276 Athletic trainer: $41,006 For sale: one shortstop or two non-competitive baseball teams Using franchise values according to Forbes: 12: Number of baseball teams worth more than $252 million (including the Yankees at $548 million and the Rangers at $294 million) 2: Number of baseball teams worth less than $100 million (Twins at $91 million, Expos at $89 million) 4: Number of basketball teams worth more than $252 million (including the Knicks at $395 million and the Suns are worth $252 million) 1: Number of hockey teams worth more than $252 million (the Rangers at $263 million) 31: Number of football teams worth more than $252 million Darren Rovell covers sports business for ESPN.com. He can be reached at darren.rovell@espn.com.		ALSO SEE Rangers go for broke: A-Rod deal worth $252M Tale of the Tape: A-Rod vs. Tom Hicks AthletesDirect: Alex Rodriguez answers fans' questions AUDIO/VIDEO  Agent Scott Boras on how Rangers owner Tom Hicks validates $250 million for A-Rod's services. wav: 971 k RealAudio: 14.4 | 28.8 | 56.6  How can the Rangers make their money back on A-Rod? ESPN.com's Jayson Stark ponders. wav: 601 k RealAudio: 14.4 | 28.8 | 56.6