Mariano Rivera earns $15,000 per pitch ...
 

Mariano Rivera is the highest paid player per pitch in major league history.


$15,000 per pitch.

"Two pitches earn him as much as a Manhattan hotel doorman makes in a year; three pitches equal the pay of a teacher in Queens; four pitches are what a mixologist at The Plaza Hotel?s Oak Bar pulls down; five pitches equals the yearly pay of an NYC fire battalion chief; six pitches net Rivera as much as a New York Philharmonic musician."

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slu...loser _091911

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And well fucking worth it.