Denny's Not-So-Grand Slam

Denny Neagle signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. If he makes the major league team, he will be paid $316,000 in 2005. While this is a multiple of what I make in a given year, it is a 98.3% paycut for Denny.

See, Denny was scheduled to make $19 million from the Rockies over the next two years until he solicited a prostitute for sex. His 2004 employer, the Colorado Rockies, were upset with this image, so they terminated his contract. This will cost Denny $19 million in lost wages in 2005 and 2006. I'll bet if the prostitute knew that Denny was willing to spend that much for her services she would have charged more than the alleged $40 she did charge.

Talk about an expensive hummer.