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WEDNESDAY,APRIL 2,2008
Rodriguez tops salary list
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez fields a ball during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Florida Marlins at Dolphin Stadium on Saturday in Miami. Rodriguez makes $2.8 million a year. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez makes more this year than his hometown Florida Marlins.
Boosted by his new deal with the New York Yankees, A-Rod tails the major league baseball salary list at $28 million, according to a study of contract terms by The Associated Press. The 33 players on the Marlins' opening-day roster and disabled list total $21.8 million.
"The Marlins? It's amazing," Rodriguez said. "And they still seem to find a way to be very competitive. They have a great pool of talent; they made some unbelievable trades, so they have great personnel people. To win two championships in 11 years, that's really admirable, and I'm very proud of that organization, being from Miami."
For the first time in baseball history, the average salary topped the $3 million mark. The 855 players on opening-day rosters and the DL averaged $3.15 million, up 7.1 percent from last year's starting average of $2.94 million.
Florida's highest earner doesne even make the average. Pitcher Kevin Gregg tops the Marlins at $2.5 million.
"My best friend came into town, and he mentioned something about Johan Santana making $15 million more than our five starters combined," Marlins catcher Matt Treanor said. "It's something to laugh at, but at the same time, it is what it is. Those guys put on the uniform like us. When it comes time to start the game, it doesn't matter how much money the Yankees or whoever make."
Treanor's friend was exaggerating a bit — Santana makes $12 million more than Florida's rotation. Still, the Marlins' payroll was less than half that of the No. 29 team, Tampa Bay ($43.8 million).
"They've won a championship more recently than we have as an organization. So there's many different ways to skin a cat," said Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, whose team lost to Florida in the 2003 World Series.
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"Alex earned that contract in the negotiation. Right now, the Marlins are in a different place. But they've got a stadium coming on board and they're going in the right direction, and I think they've already proven they know how to build
something."
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The Yankees, not surprisingly, topped the payroll list at $209.1 million, and A-Rod was No. 1 in the majors for the eighth straight year. New York first baseman Jason Giambi was second at $23.4 million, followed by Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter ($21.6 million) and Boston left fielder Manny Ramirez ($18.9 million).
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The average salary usually declines during the season as veterans get released and are replaced by young players.
The New York Mets were third at $138.3 million, up from $121 million at the end of 2007, and the World Series champion Boston Red Sox were fourth at $133.4 million.
Boosted by the acquisition of Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis, Detroit shot up to second in the major leagues at $138.7 million. The Tigers' payroll at the end of last season was 12th at $98.5 million.
The final 2007 average, as calculated by the players' association, was $2.82 million.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Freshman Moore named to All-America team
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Connecticut sensation Maya Moore became only the second freshman selected to The Associated Press women's All-America team, an honor her coach hoped would not prove a burden during the NCAA tournament.
Moore was joined on the squad Tuesday by repeat All-Americans Candace Parker of Tennessee and Courtney Paris of Oklahoma and first-timers Sylvia Fowles of LSU and Candice Wiggins of Stanford.
To avoid further pressure, Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma didn't want Moore to know of her selection until after the Huskies played Rutgers in the Greensboro Regional final Tuesday night.
"I think given the circumstances, given the spotlight she plays under, I just think she's matured beyond her years and I don't know if any kid has had an impact on a team that she's had," Auriemma said. "I think the term 'All-American' back in the day meant more than just a player."
Moore helped lead the Huskies to the Big East regular-season
and conference tournament titles. She was the first freshman — male or female — to win conference player of the year.
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Moore broke the conference and school fresh-
Connecticut's Maya Moore brings the ball down the court during the second half against Rutgers in a women's college basketball game in Hartford, Conn., on March 3. Moore scored 19 points in the game, led the Huskies to the Big East regular season and tournament titles, and Tuesday became only the second freshman selected to The Associated Press women's All-America team.
Parker will be graduate in May and most likely will be the first pick in the WNBA draft on April 9.
the 50-member national media panel that votes in the weekly Top 25. The voting was done before the start of the NCAA tournament.
"If you look at what she's done for this program, and how she conducts herself, she's every-one's All-American."
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Parker, also a junior, received 250 points and was the only unanimous first-team choice among
man scoring record and has averaged 22 points and 10.3 rebounds in the Huskies' first three NCAA tournament games.
"Wow, that's a special group to be a part of," said Paris, a junior who extended her double-double streak to 92 games this season. "It's a huge honor."
The only other freshman All-American was Paris, a first-teamer for the third straight season. Paris is only the third player to be a three-time All-American, joining Chamique Holdswclaw of Tennessee and Alana Beard of Duke.
"If you look at what she's done for this program, and how she conducts herself, she's everyone's All-American," Auriemma said.
"I feel like I tried hard to come back and be better this year," she said.
Wiggins and Fowles also will be picked high in the WNBA draft.
The second team
had an ACC flavor, with conference player of the year Crystal Langhorne and Maryland teammate Kristi Toliver leading the way. North Carolina senior Erla Larkins, Louisville junior Angel McCoughtry and Oklahoma State sophomore Andrea Riley complete the second team.
The third team included Connecticut teammates Tina Charles and Renee Montgomery. They were joined by Rutgers' Epiphanny Prince, Middle Tennessee State's Amber Holt, and Utah's Leilani Mitchell.
The preseason All-America team was Paris, Parker, Wiggins, Fowles and Langhorne. Joining Paris and Parker on last year's first team was Lindsey Harding of Duke, Ivory Latta of North Carolina and Jessica Davenport of Ohio State.
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