Ed Conrad wrote:
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> NEW YORK (Rueters) -- The New
> York Yankees (total team salary
> $208,097,414) are once again the
> world champions of baseball.
> They defeated the Philadelphia
> Phillies (team salary only $111,209,046)
> 7-3 in the sixth game last night
> to win the series, four games to two.
> Hideki Matsui ($13,000,000) was
> the Yankees' hitting star with three
> hits and six RBIs, even though he is
> handicpapped because he doesn't
> speak a word of the King's English.
> Andy Pettitte (only $5,500,000)
> was the pitching star, easily handling
> the likes of the Phils' Ryan Howard
> ($15,000,000), Chase Utley ($11,285714);
> Jimmy Rollins ($8,500,000) and Raul
> Ibanez ($7,166,666).
> Meanwhile, the Yankees believe they
> got their money's worth from Alex
> (A-Rod) Rodriquez ($33,000,000);
> Derk Jeter ($21,600,000), Mark
> Teixeira ($20,625,000); and Mariano
> Rivera (only $15,000,000).
> Because of the nearly-quarter
> billion-dollar payroll, the Yankees
> announced that the least expensive
> seat next season will cost $150,
> hot dogs will climb to $7.50 ($8
> with mustard), and beer (a 12-ouncer
> in a paper cup) will climb to $15.
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> A typical Yankee fan is shown near the concession stand
>
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> Incidentally, in an ESP exclusive
> after the game, Major League Baseball
> has finally admitted that the World
> Series is NOT REALLY the World
> Series,
> It pointed out that these countries
> do not have teams represented:
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> 1 Afghanistan
> 2 Akrotiri
> 3 Albania
> 4 Algeria
> 5 American Samoa
> 6 Andorra
> 7 Angola
> 8 Anguilla
> 9 Antarctica
> 10 Antigua and Barbuda
> 11 Argentina
> 12 Armenia
> 13 Aruba
> 14 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
> 15 Australia
> 16 Austria
> 17 Azerbaijan
> 18 Bahamas, The
> 19 Bahrain
> 20 Bangladesh
> 21 Barbados
> 22 Bassas da India
> 23 Belarus
> 24 Belgium
> 25 Belize
> 26 Benin
> 27 Bermuda
> 28 Bhutan
> 29 Bolivia
> 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina
> 31 Botswana
> 32 Bouvet Island
> 33 Brazil
> 34 British Indian Ocean Territory
> 35 British Virgin Islands
> 36 Brunei
> 37 Bulgaria
> 38 Burkina Faso
> 39 Burma
> 40 Burundi
> 41 Cambodia
> 42 Cameroon
> 44 Cape Verde
> 45 Cayman Islands
> 46 Central African Republic
> 47 Chad
> 48 Chile
> 49 China
> 50 Christmas Island
> 51 Clipperton Island
> 52 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
> 53 Colombia
> 54 Comoros
> 55 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
> 56 Congo, Republic of the
> 57 Cook Islands
> 58 Coral Sea Islands
> 59 Costa Rica
> 60 Cote d'Ivoire
> 61 Croatia
> 62 Cuba
> 63 Cyprus
> 64 Czech Republic
> 65 Denmark
> 66 Dhekelia
> 67 Djibouti
> 68 Dominica
> 69 Dominican Republic
> 70 Ecuador
> 71 Egypt
> 72 El Salvador
> 73 Equatorial Guinea
> 74 Eritrea
> 75 Estonia
> 76 Ethiopia
> 77 Europa Island
> 78 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
> 79 Faroe Islands
> 80 Fiji
> 81 Finland
> 82 France
> 83 French Guiana
> 84 French Polynesia
> 85 French Southern and Antarctic Lands
> 86 Gabon
> 87 Gambia, The
> 88 Gaza Strip
> 89 Georgia
> 90 Germany
> 91 Ghana
> 92 Gibraltar
> 93 Glorioso Islands
> 94 Greece
> 95 Greenland
> 96 Grenada
> 97 Guadeloupe
> 98 Guam
> 99 Guatemala
> 100 Guernsey
> 101 Guinea
> 102 Guinea-Bissau
> 103 Guyana
> 104 Haiti
> 105 Heard Island and McDonald Islands
> 106 Holy See (Vatican City)
> 107 Honduras
> 108 Hong Kong
> 109 Hungary
> 110 Iceland
> 111 India
> 112 Indonesia
> 113 Iran
> 114 Iraq
> 115 Ireland
> 116 Isle of Man
> 117 Israel
> 118 Italy
> 119 Jamaica
> 120 Jan Mayen
> 121 Japan
> 122 Jersey
> 123 Jordan
> 124 Juan de Nova Island
> 125 Kazakhstan
> 126 Kenya
> 127 Kiribati
> 128 Korea, North
> 129 Korea, South
> 130 Kuwait
> 131 Kyrgyzstan
> 132 Laos
> 133 Latvia
> 134 Lebanon
> 135 Lesotho
> 136 Liberia
> 137 Libya
> 138 Liechtenstein
> 139 Lithuania
> 140 Luxembourg
> 141 Macau
> 142 Macedonia
> 143 Madagascar
> 144 Malawi
> 145 Malaysia
> 146 Maldives
> 147 Mali
> 148 Malta
> 149 Marshall Islands
> 150 Martinique
> 151 Mauritania
> 152 Mauritius
> 153 Mayotte
> 154 Mexico
> 155 Micronesia, Federated States of
> 156 Moldova
> 157 Monaco
> 158 Mongolia
> 159 Montserrat
> 160 Morocco
> 161 Mozambique
> 162 Namibia
> 163 Nauru
> 164 Navassa Island
> 165 Nepal
> 166 Netherlands
> 167 Netherlands Antilles
> 168 New Caledonia
> 169 New Zealand
> 170 Nicaragua
> 171 Niger
> 172 Nigeria
> 173 Niue
> 174 Norfolk Island
> 175 Northern Mariana Islands
> 176 Norway
> 177 Oman
> 178 Pakistan
> 179 Palau
> 180 Panama
> 181 Papua New Guinea
> 182 Paracel Islands
> 183 Paraguay
> 184 Peru
> 185 Philippines
> 186 Pitcairn Islands
> 187 Poland
> 188 Portugal
> 189 Puerto Rico
> 190 Qatar
> 191 Reunion
> 192 Romania
> 193 Russia
> 194 Rwanda
> 195 Saint Helena
> 196 Saint Kitts and Nevis
> 197 Saint Lucia
> 198 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
> 199 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
> 200 Samoa
> 201 San Marino
> 202 Sao Tome and Principe
> 203 Saudi Arabia
> 204 Senegal
> 205 Serbia and Montenegro
> 206 Seychelles
> 207 Sierra Leone
> 208 Singapore
> 209 Slovakia
> 210 Slovenia
> 211 Solomon Islands
> 212 Somalia
> 213 South Africa
> 214 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
> 215 Spain
> 216 Spratly Islands
> 217 Sri Lanka
> 218 Sudan
> 219 Suriname
> 220 Svalbard
> 221 Swaziland
> 222 Sweden
> 223 Switzerland
> 224 Syria
> 225 Taiwan
> 226 Tajikistan
> 227 Tanzania
> 228 Thailand
> 229 Timor-Leste
> 230 Togo
> 231 Tokelau
> 232 Tonga
> 233 Trinidad and Tobago
> 234 Tromelin Island
> 235 Tunisia
> 236 Turkey
> 237 Turkmenistan
> 238 Turks and Caicos Islands
> 239 Tuvalu
> 240 Uganda
> 241 Ukraine
> 242 United Arab Emirates
> 243 United Kingdom
> 245 Uruguay
> 246 Uzbekistan
> 247 Vanuatu
> 248 Venezuela
> 249 Vietnam
> 250 Virgin Islands
> 251 Wake Island
> 252 Wallis and Futuna
> 253 West Bank
> 254 Western Sahara
> 255 Yemen
> 256 Zambia
> 257 Zimbabwe
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> Ed Conrad
> sports reporter
> New York Stock Exchange
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