Howard's Millions

by GMCarson on Jan 22, 2009 8:26 AM EST

How would I spend Ryan Howard's millions? Well, you'll have to click on the URL to find out in full. But just how big is a million...I am a man of modest means, and in my profession, will definitely remain so. If I have extra money at the end of the month, I am ecstatic. I know how I'd spend $100,000: I'd pay off the house, college loans, car, eliminate credit. But 1 million is a huge number. It is bigger than many people think. If you could travel back in time at a rate of 1 year per second, it would take you 11.6 days to go back one million years (Fun Fact: it would take you over 31.7 years to go back 1 billion years). One million inches is 15.79 miles. The moon is only 238,855 miles (384,000 km) away, so 1 million miles is 2 trips to the moon and back. One million is huge.

So take all these large numbers and multiply them by 18 (208.8 days to travel back 18 million years, 18 million inches is 284.22 miles, 18 million miles is 36 trips to the moon and back). Now you have a grasp of how large 18,000,000 dollars is, and hopefully, how ridiculous it is for Ryan

Howard to ask for this amount in arbitration. Full article- http://morehardball.blogspot.com

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Oh jesus christ dude

You’re jealous, we get it.

Go pimp your stupid-ass blog somewhere else.

by phatj on Jan 22, 2009 6:08 PM EST reply actions

Jeez. I actually thought it was pretty funny.

by FuquaManuel on Jan 22, 2009 6:23 PM EST up reply actions

same

by phils11 on Jan 25, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

I’d be jealous if he were making 10% of the 18 million (hell jealous if he was making 1% of it)

by jemagee on Jan 22, 2009 6:39 PM EST reply actions

P-I-M-P

You’re right PhatJ, I am pimping my blog, but I’m not trying to be malicious about it or anything. I thought some people might find the post funny, so I decided to share the link. I don’t understand the harm in it. You either click on the link or not, it’s doesn’t seem like that big of a deal to me.

We Should Be GM's @ http://pabaseball.blogspot.com
More Hardball @ http://morehardball.blogspot.com

by GMCarson on Jan 23, 2009 7:02 AM EST reply actions

Sorry

That was uncalled-for on my part.

If I may offer a more polite suggestion regarding blog-pimping etiquette — if you have written a post on your blog that’s relevant to an ongoing discussion on this one, by all means, link away. But creating a separate Fanpost that’s primarily intended to drive traffic to your site strikes me as bad form.

by phatj on Jan 24, 2009 10:48 AM EST up reply actions

Understood

I got it PhatJ, it’ll all good. I’ve been coming to The Good Phight for quite some time now, I just don’t comment much, but I visit daily. I’ll make sure to pimp with better form from now on, not just blatant “CHECK THIS OUT!” type stuff.

We Should Be GM's @ http://pabaseball.blogspot.com
More Hardball @ http://morehardball.blogspot.com

by GMCarson on Jan 24, 2009 12:06 PM EST reply actions