Go Figure

83,870
Value, in dollars, paid at a Washington, D.C., auction for a mint-condition Andy Pafko Topps card from 1952.

32,485
Value, in dollars, paid for a '33 Babe Ruth card, the next-highest-priced card.

3
Times that the St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire has been named National League Player of the Month.

4
Months that McGwire has played in the National League.

24
Credit hours, equivalent to a full academic year's course load, that vagabond basketball forward Lamar Odom says he's going to take at Rhode Island this summer to be eligible for the Rams' 1998-99 season.

14,293,698
Profit, in dollars, made by Governor George W. Bush on a 1989 investment of $606,302 for a share of the Texas Rangers, who were sold on June 16 for $250 million.

8
Four-game sweeps in the NHL finals since 1981.

5
Four-game sweeps in the NBA Finals and the World Series, combined, since 1981.