teixeira in that group. i'm 52 so i know what you're saying about the age thing. i think even more importantly is the yankees who are an organization that just doesn't -- just doesn't bow down to injuries. i know they'll try to tread water and and winning team until those players get back. so i have seen it before. they've had injuries and they've seemed to withstand it. we'll have to get great efforts from ichiro, speed from gardner, maybe edwardo nunez will be able to hold that position until derek gets back. usually their history has been they'll be able to play winning baseball until their veterans get back. >> huge contracts, dodgers, yankees have the highest payroll in baseball history. we just mentioned a-rod, he's got one of the biggest. justin verlander just signed $180 million deal with detroit. oh, my goodness! what does this mean? does this raise the bar as it