Minor League Pitcher to Become Billionaire ‘Rock’ Star
Today on Yahoo! I see the headline:
Billionaire “rock” star
Why is unknown Dodgers pitcher Matt White about to become the next billionaire?
I usually gloss over sports headlines. But this one didn’t even tell me what the news was. I wonder what the story is about. Has a minor league pitching talent skyrocketed into the majors with the most preposterous contract sum ever? How good could this guy be? Is he that talented? Is he the undiscovered Mozart of pitching? Do fans love him? Has he achieved fame or celebrity outside sports? Does he have a music career? What’s the “billionaire” about? What merits calling him a rockstar? I don’t follow sports but had to click the link and read on.
VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Matt White, a journeyman pitcher trying to make the Los Angeles Dodgers, could become baseball's first billionaire player.
It has nothing to do with his arm. He owns a rock quarry in western Massachusetts.
White, who has appeared in seven big league games in nine professional seasons, paid $50,000 three years ago to buy 50 acres of land from an elderly aunt who needed the money to pay for a nursing home.
While clearing out a couple acres to build a home, he discovered stone ledges in the ground, prompting him to have the property surveyed.
A geologist estimated there were 24 million tons of the stone on his land. The stone is being sold for upward of $100 per ton, meaning there's well over $2 billion worth of material used for sidewalks, patios and the like.
It’s not the cheap pun in the headline that’s funny. It’s the improbable serendipity of events that had to trasnpire so that cheap pun could be used. Oh, god. It’s so awesome.
Billionaire “rock” star
Why is unknown Dodgers pitcher Matt White about to become the next billionaire?
I usually gloss over sports headlines. But this one didn’t even tell me what the news was. I wonder what the story is about. Has a minor league pitching talent skyrocketed into the majors with the most preposterous contract sum ever? How good could this guy be? Is he that talented? Is he the undiscovered Mozart of pitching? Do fans love him? Has he achieved fame or celebrity outside sports? Does he have a music career? What’s the “billionaire” about? What merits calling him a rockstar? I don’t follow sports but had to click the link and read on.
VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Matt White, a journeyman pitcher trying to make the Los Angeles Dodgers, could become baseball's first billionaire player.
It has nothing to do with his arm. He owns a rock quarry in western Massachusetts.
White, who has appeared in seven big league games in nine professional seasons, paid $50,000 three years ago to buy 50 acres of land from an elderly aunt who needed the money to pay for a nursing home.
While clearing out a couple acres to build a home, he discovered stone ledges in the ground, prompting him to have the property surveyed.
A geologist estimated there were 24 million tons of the stone on his land. The stone is being sold for upward of $100 per ton, meaning there's well over $2 billion worth of material used for sidewalks, patios and the like.
It’s not the cheap pun in the headline that’s funny. It’s the improbable serendipity of events that had to trasnpire so that cheap pun could be used. Oh, god. It’s so awesome.