How would you like to have Miguel Cabrera as your boss? He now has enough money to buy just about anything he wants after inking a $300 million deal with the Detroit Tigers. We could break down how much Cabrera makes per at bat and compare it our yearly salaries, but we’ve already done that.
Most players who sign huge extensions, typically go out and buy cars, houses, planes, more cars, more houses and maybe a boat. Per gossipextra.com, some even invest in resurrecting Tupac. That all sounds fine and dandy, but are you curious what $300 million really buys you? Here are five companies Miguel Cabrera could buy, right now (revenue data via hoovers.com).
1) Rock Bottom Restaurants ($281.5m) – With 30 brew pubs across the United States, Cabrera could hang the cleats up and walk around asking us how our meals are. The micro-brew industry is booming, so there’s potential here. Then again, staying away from booze might be a better idea for Miggy.
Maybe they make a “Triple Crown” brew for Miguel – Photo: http://50statebrewhaha.wordpress.com/
2) Sargento Cheese ($289.10m) – Cabrera looks like a guy who likes pizza, or maybe a pre-game relaxation routine of pulling apart string cheese. Sargento is one of the best, so why not buy them up and have a lifetime supply of cheese at your finger tips?
Don’t worry, they make low fat cheese too – Photo: sargento.com
3) Sharper Image Corporation ($297.2m) – Hopefully Cabrera has money saved up from his previous contracts, because owning Sharper Image could be dangerously addictive. He could take up photography and take photos of really neat structures he’s built out of $10,000 stacks of cash. Or maybe take sexy photos of Megan Fox, oh wait, someone from Sharper Image beat him to that.
Sex sells. Cabrera wouldn’t have to hire a marketing team – Photo: fanpop.com
4) Glen Falls Hospital (NY – $299.37m) – A hospital?! Yes, a hospital. Why not? Saving lives and some built in financial security. Glen Falls Hospital is well known hospital in New York. Cabrera could walk around visiting patients with his smile could become the modern day Patch Adams.
Cabrera’s smile makes everyone happier. Photo: poststar.com
5) Potbelly Corporation ($299.7m) – The nicknames associated with this idea are more suited for C.C. Sabathia (wait, he’s skinny now…) or Cabrera’s ex-teammate, Prince Fielder. Let’s give Cabrera a couple more years and see if that belly grows a little, because Miguel “Potbelly” Cabrera is a killer marketing campaign waiting to happen. Imagine if he likes eating pickle spears and chocolate shakes! (This is coming together perfectly)
Seems like a perfect for for Cabrera. Photo: upchicago.com
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