players overpaid there s a lot of whining about how much players are overpaid i thought i d put together an underpaid team that could win a pennant i splurged and let four of the players earn as much as half a million dollars the highest paid player is frank thomas at k i cut some players like kenny lofton chris hoiles keith mitchell tim wakefield and a bunch of pitchers all of whom could have arguably made the team better at a cost of million for the lot of them the total team salary is averaging slightly over k a player if that s too steep you can dump thomas and bagwell replacing them with paul sorrento and a minimum wager to save a bit over a million dollars and still have one of the best teams in the majors p juan guzman p mussina p castillo p eldred p rhodes p militello rp rojas rp beck rp melendez rp hernandez rp nied c rodriguez c piazza b thomas b bagwell b knoblauch b barberie b gomez b palmer ss listach ss pena lf gonzalez cf lankford rf r sanders of plantier ted frank however teel should have mentioned that though thf kimbark uchicago edu his advice is legally sound if you follow it the u of c law school you will probably wind up in jail standard disclaimers james donald in misc legal
