The top story of the past week had nothing to do with politics, the federal government, or wars abroad. For me it was "the contract." As an avid life-long New York Yankees fan at first I was crushed by the Yankees failure to land and keep the young phenom baseball superstar Juan Soto.
He accepted a whopping $765 million contract that with bonuses could eclipse $800 million offered by the Yankees' crosstown rivals, the New York Mets. The Mets won the "baseball sweepstakes." Or did they? Only time will tell.
This all sounds like sour grapes on my part. Yes, guilty as charged. However, my readers are expecting a political opinion column – not a sports rant.
Ok. Well, take just six of the top paid athletes and the face value of their contracts would be more than half the tax revenue of many states – i.e.
Rhode Island, Delaware, and Idaho. I do recognize that the athletes' contracts payout over many years, however. (Soto, with bonuses, would get over $800 million and the same for Shotei Ohtani.
Patrick Mahomes would gross over $500 million; Mike Trout well over $400 million; Mookie Betts and Aaron Judge close to $400 million with bonuses). People are also reading..
. It would be the second time I witnessed Soto leave a team soon after being one of its leaders following a World Series appearance. He won a World Series with the Washington Nationals – an uncommon occurrence – and lost a World Series with the New York Yankees, a franchise that boasted a World Series winning tra.
