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Things Miguel Cabrera's record $292 million contract with the Tigers can buy
• Miguel Cabrera scored the richest contract in U.S. sports history, reaching a $292 million deal over 10 years with the Tigers.
• Detroit keeps the Triple Crown winner and two-time MVP, a devastating hitter who has helped the team win three straight AL Central crowns.
• So, if he cashed out the biggest contract in American sports, what could Miggy afford?
• Five things Cabrera's contract can buy:
• DRIVING FORCE: He can buy 6.95 billion -- yes, billion with a 'B' -- gallons of gas in his homeland of Venezuela. It's cheap there, selling for under five cents per gallon. Now, if he paid for a pipeline to Detroit, maybe Cabrera could provide for the whole state -- Michigan motorists used 4.4 billion gallons in 2012, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Saturday, March 29, the 88th day of 2014. There are 277 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On March 29, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted in New York of conspiracy to commit espionage. (They were executed in June 1953.)
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• On this date:
• In 1638, Swedish colonists settled in present-day Delaware.
• In 1790, the tenth president of the United States, John Tyler, was born in Charles City County, Va.
• In 1812, the first White House wedding took place as Lucy Payne Washington, the sister of first lady Dolley Madison, married Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd.
• In 1882, the Knights of Columbus was chartered in Connecticut.
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