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Yankees Ignored Inflation in Rodriguez Dealings
in response to reader comment: Your logic is off re: AROD and inflation

Submitted by Vinny Totino, Oct 31, 2007 16:50

Your comment on inflation may have been correct, but when you think about it, by 2011 A-Rod would be declining in skills so therefore the new contract would have paid him 27-29MM per year for declining value. Therefore your argument flies out the window.


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Oct 30, 2007 12:32

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Oct 30, 2007 02:21

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