The A's First $100 Million Dollar Man

by notsellingjeans on Mar 13, 2008 7:18 AM PDT

"After my fourth season I asked for $43,000 and General Manager Ed Barrow told me, 'Young man, do you realize Lou Gehrig, a 16-year-man, is playing for only $44,000?' I said, Mr. Barrow, there is only one answer to that - Mr. Gehrig is terribly underpaid." -Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio, coming...