AP Manny Ramirez‘s contract with the EDA Rhinos of the Chinese Professional Baseball League will pay him $25,000 per month from March to November.
By comparison, the minimum salary in MLB pays approximately $85,000 per month and during his prime Ramirez was paid more than $3 million per month by the Red Sox and Dodgers.
But after sitting out nearly all of last season the 40-year-old doesn’t seem very bothered by the cut in salary: “I don’t think about the money and contract. I just think it is a great opportunity for me and the fans.”
And then there’s this note, from the Associated Press:
Taiwan’s professional baseball league consists of only four teams, having been whittled down from a high of nine in 2008, amid a series of bribery and game-fixing scandals.
And yet that league represents Ramirez’s best opportunity to continue being paid to play baseball.
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- number1tribefan - Mar 12, 2013 at 10:30 AM
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I believe he is also getting payed $12M in delayed compensation from Boston this season, plus another $2M from the Dodgers in delayed compensation this season, so nothing really to see here. Roids worked for Manny from a financial standpoint.
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- Old Gator - Mar 12, 2013 at 10:34 AM
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He’s going to eat well. Fillet of northern snakehead. Steamed giant isopod with drawn butter. All kinds of great noodle dishes. Hell, you could pay me $25,000 a month and feed me like that and you wouldn’t hear any complaints.
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- heyblueyoustink - Mar 12, 2013 at 10:48 AM
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Or Puppy Lo Mein.
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- Old Gator - Mar 12, 2013 at 1:58 PM
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Nope. For good dog, you have to go to Indonesia.
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- fanofevilempire - Mar 12, 2013 at 11:18 AM
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They will get their moneys worth, everybody loves Manny.
I just hope he doesn’t choke a team mate like Renaldo Blackman did.
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- pisano - Mar 12, 2013 at 12:26 PM
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If I had the money I’d pay him double that to never hear his name or see his face again.
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- jwbiii - Mar 12, 2013 at 1:21 PM
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A little bit of a logical error here. Comparing the Major League minimum salary to the one he will earn in Taiwan is a fallacy. He got a minor league contract last season and he was released halfway through the year, so he made about $39k. I don’t think anyone was offering an MLB deal this off season, otherwise he would have taken it.
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- sidelineshot - Mar 12, 2013 at 2:32 PM
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Dudes. Manny must have at least 50 million in the bank. He’s always been a frugal guy.
Trips to McDonalds are not rare with him.He just wants to play ball.
Leave the guy alone
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- raysfan1 - Mar 12, 2013 at 5:29 PM
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$25K a month is also 2-3x what most other players in that league make.
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- PotatoPeeler - Mar 14, 2013 at 5:16 PM
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I lived in Taiwan for 3 years. I made about US$1,700 a month and lived a pretty good life. I wasn’t rich by any means but I certainly wasn’t poor. US$25,000 is definitely a lot of money in Taiwan.
