Detroit Tiger pitcher Todd Jones, an Alabama resident, to the DETROIT FREE PRESS on the new three-year, $12-million contract of former Tiger Jamie Walker, who is from Tennesee:
“Twelve million dollars is a lot of money, but $12 million in Tennessee? He might as well be Donald Trump. That’s a lot of generic-brand beer, and a lot of NASCAR tickets. You know how many fishing lures you can buy at Wal-Mart with $12 million?”