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今日の朝食も永谷園のお茶漬け

2007-04-04 05:43:28 | Weblog
20分の皿洗いが終わり、料理は作るのは面倒臭いので、お茶漬けと3番出しのコーヒー。妻は大いびきで寝ている。新婚直後は朝食を作ってくれていたので、体重が増えたが、子供が生まれてから、朝食は全く作らなくなった。朝食を食べないと太ると言うが、全く当てはまらず、コンビニで買ったおにぎりを、歩きながら食べる生活を続けていると体重は増えない。朝食、昼食、夕食に関係なく、1日に食べる量が全てだと思う。食べなければ、太るはずがない。

今年もヤンキースの年俸はNo.1

2007-04-04 04:50:55 | MLB
SI.comより抜粋。
The Yankees' pinstripes might as well be green.

Four of the top seven players on baseball's salary list play in the Bronx, led by Alex Rodriguez at a record $27.7 million, according to a survey of contract terms by The Associated Press.

A-Rod is followed by Jason Giambi ($23.4 million) and Derek Jeter ($21.6 million), with Boston's Manny Ramirez fourth at $17 million.

"I love being the highest-paid player in the game. It's pretty cool," Rodriguez said when he arrived at spring training, explaining the money allows him to do more charitable work. "You get crushed, but you know what? It's pretty cool. I enjoy it."

Colorado's Todd Helton ($16.6 million) was fifth, and the Yankees' Andy Pettitte was tied for sixth with the Los Angeles Angels' Bartolo Colon at $16 million.

"We should make it. We're the ones doing the entertaining," said San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, 11th on the list at $15.5 million.

The Yankees' opening-day payroll dropped slightly for the second straight season to $195.2 million from $198.7 million last year and a record $205.9 million in 2005.

Boston was next at $143.5 million -- and that doesn't include the $51.1 million fee the Red Sox paid the Seibu Lions for pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. The Yankees' figure also didn't include the $26 million they sent to the Hanshin Tigers for pitcher Kei Igawa.

The New York Mets were third at $117.9 million, followed by the Chicago White Sox ($109.7 million), the Angels ($109.3 million), the Los Angeles Dodgers ($108.7 million) and the Seattle Mariners ($106.5 million).

"Owners wouldn't pay it if they weren't making it," said Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina, whose $11.1 million salary ranks him just 50th.

Tampa Bay had the lowest payroll at $24.1 million and Florida was 29th at $30.05 million, double last year's figure of just under $15 million. Nineteen of 31 players on the Marlins make the minimum $380,000.

Payroll figures don't include cash transactions, such as money the Yankees are receiving from Texas for Rodriguez and the White Sox are getting from Philadelphia for Jim Thome.

An influx of injured players kept baseball's average salary from breaking the $3 million barrier on opening day. The average was a record $2.94 million, up 2.7 percent from last year's opening average of $2.87 million. Although many large contracts were signed during the offseason, many were backloaded.

There were 32 more players on the disabled list this year than at the start of last season. That meant the addition of nearly three dozen extra players -- nearly all earning close to the minimum. Baseball's average broke the $1 million barrier in 1992 and the $2 million mark in 2001.

Sixty-six players made $10 million or more, and that $1 million club jumped from 409 to 425 -- matching the record set in 2001. That doesn't include Russ Ortiz, listed at the minimum with San Francisco, while Arizona, which released the pitcher last year, pays him $7,120,000.

The median salary -- the point at which an equal amount of players fall above and below -- matched the $1 million record set last year.

"There's no doubt that there are a dozen or more players who are overpaid, but that's the American way. Shouldn't we all be overpaid? Don't we all want to be overpaid?" said Dodgers second baseman Jeff Kent, 70th at $9.8 million. "A lot of these guys don't make that average salary. They make the median, which is closer south than north. Agents are getting smarter, ballplayers are getting smarter, and the business is generating so much money that there needs to be give and take. I wish I was making $25 million, but I'm not. And the average salary is closer to my salary than the guys getting paid a lot more. But, so be it."

Figures for the study included salaries and prorated shares of signing bonuses and other guaranteed income for the 847 players on opening-day rosters and disabled lists, plus Mets reliever Guillermo Mota, serving a 50-game suspension following a positive steroids test. For some players, deferred money was discounted to present-day value.

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1位 27.7百万ドル Alex Rodriguez (ヤンキース 4番打者)
2位 23.4百万ドル Jason Giambi(ヤンキース 5番打者)
3位 21.6百万ドル Derek Jeter(ヤンキース 2番打者)
4位 17.0百万ドル Manny Ramirez
5位 16.6百万ドル Todd Helton
6位 16.0百万ドル Andy Pettitte(ヤンキース 先発投手)
6位 16.0百万ドル Bartolo Colon

11位 15.5百万ドル Barry Bonds
50位 11.1百万ドル Mike Mussina(ヤンキース、先発投手)
70位  9.8百万ドル Jeff Kent

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松井秀喜とイチローは11位から50位の間にいる。



MLB 2007 SI予測 No.6 - その他

2007-04-04 04:40:03 | MLB
NL ROY
1位 4人 Young
2位 2人 Hamilton
3位 1人 Kouzm、Tulowitzky

Breakout 1位のみ
1位 3人 Kendrick

Bust
1位 2人 Meche
2位 1人 Pierre、Matthews、Dice-K、Clemens、Ryan、Igawa

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不振組に松坂と井川の2人が入っている。
松坂を予想した Jacob Luft記者と、井川を予想した Ben Reiter記者の今後の記事に注目してみたい。

MLB 2007 SI予測 No.5 - ポスト・シーズン

2007-04-04 04:31:56 | MLB
AL champ
1位 3人 Yankees
2位 2人 Angels、Tigers
4位 1人 Red Sox

NL champ
1位 3人 D'backs
2位 2人 Mets
3位 1人 Dodgers、Phillies、Padres

WS champ
1位 3人 Yankees
2位 2人 Tigers
3位 1人 Angels、Mets、Red Sox

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タイガースが今年もいけると思っている評論家がいるのは心外だ。
順当に行けば、ヤンキースとレッドソックスの勝者が、メッツとワールドシリーズを争い、ア・リーグが優勝する。つまり、ワールドチャンピオンは、ヤンキースかレッドソックス。



MLB 2007 SI予測 No.4 - ペナントレース

2007-04-04 04:22:45 | MLB
AL East
1位 5人 Yankees
2位 3人 Red Sox

AL Central
1位 5人 Indians
2位 2人 Tigers
3位 1人 Twins

AL West
1位 7人 Angels
2位 1人 A's

NL East
1位 5人 Mets
2位 2人 Phillies
3位 1人 Braves

NL Central
1位 3人 Cards
2位 2人 Cubs、Brewers
4位 1人 Reds

NL West
1位 3人 Dodgers、D'backs
3位 2人 Padres

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ヤンキース、エンゼルス、メッツの優勝の確率は高いと思う。
他の地区は混戦。インディアンズの評価が高いのは不思議。

家事・育児負担の割合、「ほとんど妻」が69%とは驚き

2007-04-04 03:58:08 | 社会
Yahoo!ニュースより抜粋。
女性が子育てをしながら働くために最も必要なことは何かを聞くと、4割超が「夫が平日も家事・育児に協力してくれること」と回答。しかし、実際の家事・育児分担では「ほとんど妻」が69%に上り、「妻と夫が同程度」はわずか6%しかなかった。
実際の家事・育児を夫とどう分担しているかを既婚者2298人に質問すると▽ほとんど妻69%▽妻の方が多い25%▽同程度6%▽夫が多い1%――と圧倒的に妻に偏っていた。
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私は1%のエリート・グループに属するようだ。昨夜も帰って食事をしただけで、午後9時半になったのに、一昨日も子供を風呂に入れていないというので、食事もそこそこに風呂に入れた。毎朝5時から30分の皿洗いとゴミ捨ては、疲れた時はうんざりする。たまには、夫の家事を手伝って欲しい。