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Posted By: barrysloate

It is interesting that a team like the Yankees can spend $200 million and still lose a World Series to a team like the Florida Marlins, who have a payroll closer to a AAA team. I'm not sure I have an explanation for it but I don't think it would be a bad idea to have some kind of salary cap in baseball. It's not necessarily wrong that the Yankees pay their players more than other teams because they are the most famous franchise in any sport and it is New York City, but I think at some point enough is enough. For the amount of money they spend they really aren't getting ideal results and it couldn't hurt to have a little more fiscal balance in the league. The luxury tax isn't working because it hasn't curtailed the Yanks spending and it hasn't made Kansas City any more competitive.