All too often people take for granted the things they have in envy of what they don't.

Society today seems to always take on an 'It's never enough' mentality. New York Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez is likely to opt out of a contract that would pay him a base salary of $27 each of the next three years. His agent Scott Boras thinks it would be a savvy move to test the market in search of $30 million per.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, some folks are just happy to have healthy children and a job to support their family.

I won't question Rodriguez if he comes out after finding a new home and says he never would have enjoyed extending his career in New York or if he claimed he would be closer to a world championship elsewhere. But, if he or Boras come out with that 'fair market value' bologna, I may throw a rod.

They played that card before when he signed his current contract with the Texas Rangers. Look where that got him.