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Why credit Cora with a homer?

By Rob Neyer
ESPN Insider

Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Catching up on some e-mail that has come across the e-transom recently: Travis Anderson: Just a vent ... This is Torii Hunter, from the Sunday AP story regarding Yanks and Twins: "The Yankees have a $200 million payroll, and we play for minimum wage." Rob Neyer: Right. As MSNBC.com points out, Hunter is paid $66,358 per game this season, which is roughly $25,000 per hour. The federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, "and if you had a job paying that and worked 40 hours every week without ever ...

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