The photo that appeared in Sports Illustrated that showed the 'best team money...

The photo that appeared in Sports Illustrated that showed the 'best team money could buy'.

Oddly enough,, that photo does not match the cover.

Anyways, the inside flap (which ended with Brock and put Ceppy on down on the inside of the fold) read:

The Highest Paid Team in Baseball History

Maris $75,000
McCarver $60,000
Gibson $85,000
Shannon $40,000
Brock $70,000
Cepeda $80,000
Flood $72,500
Javier $45,000
Maxvill $37,500
Schoendienst $42,000
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$607,000

And then the article inside was about how Red handled 'the egos of the moneymen' and how Bing dealt with the criticism of Dal Maxvill making $38k.

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classic photo

wonder why red's in uniform and the players are in street clothes?

by lboros on Mar 15, 2008 12:46 PM EDT reply actions

When is Red

not in uniform?

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Mar 15, 2008 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

a great start

for the fanpost section

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by wessner on Mar 15, 2008 1:35 PM EDT reply actions

Love the photo

I've considered absconding with the framed version in Shannon's restaurant, but I figure Mike could kick my butt on a bad day, so I'm better off not even trying...

"The only thing you know about pitching is that you can't hit it." Bob Gibson to Tim McCarver

by player2bnamedl8r on Mar 15, 2008 1:43 PM EDT reply actions

Great picture

I wonder if they got a discount on the "Mr Rogers" sweaters

When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?

by RosevilleRedbird on Mar 15, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks for posting this...

...what wonderful memories. Now if you will follow up with some Musial era , Gas House Gang and some from the 1926 World Champs pics.

You may send an outline of my new assignment to the mental ward at Charity Hospital. The solicitious nuns and psychiatrists there can help me decipher it between shock treatments.

by Ignatius J Reilly on Mar 15, 2008 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

this is a great photo

and it would be cool to see them re-create this every few years.

dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas

by Neth on Mar 15, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions

the amazing million-dollar lineup? I'm just fishing through my memory for this, but I think that was the notable thing about that startling lineup, that their salaries combined to add up to an astounding million dollars. SI cover story. I can't remember whether it appeared in 1967 or 1968. Incredible to think the Cards had the highest payroll in the majors at one time.

Gotta love those sweaters.

I believe the revelation that the Cards' lineup cost a million dollars was an embarrassment to Mr. Busch. He was not happy. (And maybe that contributed to the tough Carlton negotiations that followed in the next year or so, and the disastrous resulting trade.)

by Youneverknow on Mar 15, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions

Shows what I know

I don't think all the type that appears there now was there when I posted, or maybe I just ripped past it somehow. Obviously I misremembered how much that lineup earned in salary.

Don't mind me.

by Youneverknow on Mar 16, 2008 2:01 AM EDT up reply actions