Gadzillion

"I think you'll find that what Jez wanted to 'do'—and, in fact, actually was 'doing'—was more women." "And she was having a gadzillion affairs with anything that had a hairy chest and a gym membership card." "Gadzillions?" I asked, pulling a face. "Millions of gadzillions," said Elaine. "Millions."

By selecting baseball, Hair Doo has given up a paycheck plus any other job-related satisfaction that could have been had from those pursuits. He has decided that his $10 gadzillion salary and the nonmonetary enjoyment of playing baseball outweigh his next best alternative.