Alex Rodriguez Still Dreaming of Millions Upon Millions

The drama of Alex Rodriguez and his quest for hundreds of millions of dollars goes on and on.

Before the 32-year-old megastar opted out of his contract with the Yankees late last weekend, the team was told it wouldn't be able to meet with the third baseman unless it presented an offer of at least $350 million, according to ESPN.com.

For a player who has already made more than $170 million during his 13-year career, marked by utterly spectacular regular-season performance and abject playoff failures, the burning question is: "how much money does one person need?"

Photo of Scott Boras and Alex Rodriguez by REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine RFS/GN

The Yankees apparently were ready to extend ARod's contract for five years and $150 million, a deal which would have started at the conclusion of his current contract. For that one, which Rodriguez would have made $81 million.

Thus, the $230 million he would have made over the next eight baseball seasons would have actually been more than $100 million less than what Rodriguez and his agent Scott Boras are seeking.

How many ways are their to spell "nuts?"

The Yankees say they won't negotiate with Rodriguez now that he chose to opt out of his current contract. Will any team give ARod the cash he seeks?

"We're hearing from owners, general managers and a variety of people and collecting information about the levels of interest from the teams," Boras told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick.

Somehow it seems the Yankees may not be totally out of the picture. Few, if any, teams can think of spending what ARod and Boras crave so much.