Talk Ain't Cheap

Time will tell if Bonds and A-Rod dance geek-to-geek in the Marriott ballroom or slink away to rethink their merchandising schemes. Meanwhile, there's the matter of why superstars who each make upward of $20 million a year would do this. I also wonder who, if anyone, Bonds and A-Rod would pay $7,500 to meet and greet. I may wonder forever. Neither man called me back to discuss his ultimate intimate, high-end experience.

I'm probably the richer for it.

? Steve Rushin is on vacation; for a collection of his columns, go to si.com/writers.