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- <text id=91TT2798>
- <title>
- Dec. 16, 1991: Field of Dollars
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Dec. 16, 1991 The Smile of Freedom
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- PEOPLE, Page 63
- Field of Dollars
- </hdr><body>
- <p>By Alexander Tresniowski/Reported by Wendy Cole
- </p>
- <p> Somebody forgot to tell the New York Mets about the
- recession. Last week the ball club signed slugger Bobby Bonilla
- to a five-year, $29 million contract, making him the
- highest-paid athlete in the history of team sports. Bonilla
- could turn out to be a bargain at that price if he wins games
- and draws fans, but to put his windfall into perspective,
- consider that next year Bonilla will make:
- </p>
- <p>-- 2 1/2 times what Babe Ruth earned in 22 years.
- </p>
- <p>-- 14 times as much as the Mets manager.
- </p>
- <p>-- 27 times the salary of George Bush.
- </p>
- <p>-- 42 times as much as the mayor of New York City.
- </p>
- <p>-- 200 times as much as the average teacher.
- </p>
- <p> Or look at it this way: to earn what Bonilla will make
- next year, Dan Quayle would have to be Vice President until
- roughly the year 2025. On second thought, don't look at it that
- way.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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