Money And Baseball!

I was reading tonight that major league baseball player Mike Aviles of the Kansas City Royals first contract was for $1,000.  Yes, he had no choice, he was told take it or leave it.  If he wanted to play at the major league level he had to take it, so he did.  Here’s something weird though, the player before him signed for $130,000 and the guy after him signed for $138,000, what’s up with that.  But he stuck with it knowing that some day it will work out for him.  Anyway, he made it to triple A ball where he was making $2,500 a month, still way below the ave.  Today he’s playing in the majors making over 10 times his first check.  If you ask me, this guy is a true major league baseball player.  He has earned everything he has, and you can’t take that away from him.

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