Posted By:
Bob ManningJim;
"Teams ought to be allowed to succeed and fail on their own and not be limited in how much they can or can't spend to field a team."
That's why a salary cap, or some other form of equity producing system, is vital to the continuing success of all of MLB. By the way, how much can a team spend to "field a team?" Do teams field themselves? Hardly.
Plan until the revolution:
Every spring the Yankees will form up some kind of supersquad, spending quadrillions of dollars on every ballplayer capable of whistling and making a puddle at the same time. Then, on April 1, there will be a giant ticker tape parade down Broadway, just like when Joe D was here. All the world will be on hand to cheer. "YAY!!! Yankees win again!!! Aren't they wonderful? Aren't all their fans wonderful too? Isn't New York wonderful?" Then their season will be OVER, and the rest of the teams will play each other until a true champion emerges.
Sound fair?
Bob