NYT Timothy Egan: Boo Hoo in the Boardroom

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February 4, 2009, 10:00 pm
Boo Hoo in the Boardroom
By Timothy Egan

Richie Sexson was a first baseman for the Seattle Mariners, earning $50 million over four years. In 2007, he hit barely .200 for the season and struck out more times than all but a handful of players. It’s possible that never in the history of the game had so much been paid for so little production.

At first, fans didn’t seem to care what Richie was getting, so long as he swatted enough homers among his strikeouts. But during his freefall, that $8 hot dog and $10 beer did not go down so easily. He was booed out of the game in ever-polite Seattle.

http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/boo-hoo-in-the-boardroom/?emc=eta1

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1. The Brewers

Over paid this bum too.

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2. Fond memories

of my first and only Brewer game in Milwaukee. Had just finished up a master's degree at UW/Eau Claire, and headed down there for a wild tailgate party to celebrate. Brewers won that day in 1983.