Manny still greedy

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IMAGINE WALKING DOWN the street and somebody wants to hand you $25 million . . . without asking you to commit a felony or speak on behalf of Bernie Madoff.
All you have to do is continue to do your job for the next 8 months or so. If you can perform better or even as well as you did in 2008, you probably would get a similar offer next year.
Now imagine declining it.

That's basically what Manny Ramirez has done in rejecting the Dodgers' offer to return to Los Angeles. As always, there's no way to know what Manny is thinking in saying no to the 1-year, $25 million deal. Perhaps he's tired and just wants to spend time with his family. According to the Dodgers, agent Scott Boras hasn't accepted this or a previous offer of 2 years at $45 mil.
Using some numbers pried from the Internet then, here is what the Dodgers could do with 25 million clams if Manny isn't interested:

* Pay this year's salaries of 500 LA police officers or 577 LA firefighters.
* Employ 676 teachers for the year.
* Spring for 472 Los Angeles-area trauma nurses.
* Give $3,571.43 to each of the 7,000 employees of Macy's who are about to lose their jobs.
* Put new brakes on my 1999 Dodge pickup truck . . . 83,333 times.