Sammy Sosa Is Enjoying Retirement

The following image, which comes to us courtesy of Pergamon’s library on the Acropolis or TMZ (can’t recall exactly), is worth your time and eyes …

Contrary to appearances, this is not a “Sopranos” character of peripheral importance who will be gruesomely over-murdered by mid-season. This is retired base-ballist Samuel Sosa enjoying, as Gentlemen of Distinction are wont to do, some exposed midriff and hard-workin’ hips.

Those who embiggen will no doubt be surprised by the sight of the $100,000 bill that Mr. Sosa is placing in (surely not removing from!) this lucky coquette’s shimmering harem pants. The U.S. dollar is a fiat currency these days, and not even Federal Reserve Banks use the $100-large paper when doing business among themselves. The lesson here? Sammy Sosa is a Federal Reserve Bank — a handsome Federal Reserve Bank — who stopped playing by the rules before you even learned them.