| Category |
A-Rod |
Hicks |
Edge |
| Age |
25 |
53 |
A-Rod: Has more time to spend well-earned dough |
| Who buys dinner? |
$21 million salary in 2001 |
Reported net worth of $750 million |
Hicks: Although if A-Rod eats the 54-ounce steak, he gets it for free! |
| Real estate |
Wanted billboards |
Bought and sold 250 companies |
Hicks: If he can buy A-Rod, he can sell him |
| Quote that got him in trouble |
On Safeco Field: "I'd say the fences should be moved in 20 feet in the power alleys." |
Admitted signing Mark Clark was a "mistake" |
Hicks: Hey, he was right. |
| Career |
On track to become one of baseball's all-time greats |
Raised $10 billion in private equity funds |
A-Rod: Funds, schmunds. Equity, schmequity. No one will remember Tom Hicks in 100 years. |
| TV program they'll be watching in October |
The Yankees in the World Series |
The Yankees in the World Series |
A-Rod: "Ha-Ha, who can buy more PlayStation games now?" |
| Search engine results |
55,500 pages |
3,670 pages |
A-Rod: Even George Steinbrenner has only 23,000 |
| Biggest victory |
Getting the number to Tom Hicks' bank account |
Buying the Rangers and 43 acres of land for $250 million |
Hicks: One baseball team: $250 million; one major-league shortstop: $250 million; the chance to talk with Tim McCarver after winning the World Series: priceless. |
| Admirers |
18-year-old girls |
50-year-old investment bankers |
Are you serious? |