The Rich Get Richer



"Alex Rodriguez is a Yankee. Commissioner Bud Selig approved the record-setting swap Monday, allowing the reigning AL MVP to be traded to New York by the Texas Rangers...



Texas will pay $67 million of the $179 million left on Rodriguez's $252 million, 10-year contract, the most cash included in a trade in major league history. The Rangers get All-Star second baseman Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named - but they also will pay Rodriguez through 2025...



The Yankees, baseball's biggest spenders, will raise their payroll to about $190 million..."