Say what you will about A-Rod and his paycheck -- at least he works for it. Albert Belle hasn't played a game since Oct. 1, 2000, but the disabled hothead will still collect $12,368,790 this season -- paid for by Baltimore's team insurance policy. Meanwhile, there are plenty of solid, blue-collar big leaguers out there making ballpark peanuts compared to Big Al. Here's an entire team of bargain ballplayers who make less than Belle in 2002 -- combined. And we still had enough left over to hire un ...

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