Los Angeles Dodgers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale End Holdout
A few days ago I watched an interview of Ron Howard (fka "Opie Taylor") on YouTube. He related a story about how he was a big Dodgers fan when he was a kid, and when Koufax and Drysdale held out he followed the story avidly. At the time he was 11 years old and playing on the Andy Griffith Show.
WHen the holdout ended he remembered sitting down and figuring out exactly what the pitchers were making ($500k over three years, each). He calculated his own annual pay, based on what he was making per episode. Lo and behold, he was making more than Koufax!
Ron Fucking Howard. More than possibly the best pitcher who ever lived.
I suspect the comparison of comparables today would be about the same.
Perverse, isn't it?
A few days ago I watched an interview of Ron Howard (fka "Opie Taylor") on YouTube. He related a story about how he was a big Dodgers fan when he was a kid, and when Koufax and Drysdale held out he followed the story avidly. At the time he was 11 years old and playing on the Andy Griffith Show.
WHen the holdout ended he remembered sitting down and figuring out exactly what the pitchers were making ($500k over three years, each). He calculated his own annual pay, based on what he was making per episode. Lo and behold, he was making more than Koufax!
Ron Fucking Howard. More than possibly the best pitcher who ever lived.
I suspect the comparison of comparables today would be about the same.
Perverse, isn't it?