rhsfan88 22 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 I just saw scrolling on the bottom of ESPN that the players union and the league have agreed upon a steroid testing policy that will be announced in a news conference tommorrow. I hope it is the real deal, like in the NFL, and MLB can clean up their act and make the game fair to all players and to the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,453 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 maybe next they can have an x-ray machine to check sammy sosa's bat before games lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield_Rules 46 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 How about a salary cap? Then maybe I'd care about baseball... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Im personally sick of seeing the yankee's getting all these good players, a couple more years nobody will be able to beat them because all the decent players play for new york. Anybody else agree with me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Part of the problem is the luxury tax they rolled out instead of a true salary cap. 28 teams are trying to stay under the 100 million limit but the Yankees and Red Sox ignore it and pay the penalties. Â All the salary caps and steroid testing in the world won't save baseball as long as Bud Selig is commissioner. He's an owner who was put in place by owners to look out for the interests of owners. Get a real commissioner who is willing to what best for the game and maybe it can be saved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89bluedevil 10 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 I agree that baseball needs to implement a salary cap or at the worst get rid of some of the weakest teams to try and level the playing field for everyone. But it's not just the Yankees anymore spending the big money. The Red Sox could have had Arod last year. Look at what the Mets are spending for Beltran. The Braves and Rangers have huge payrolls too. This is a baseball problem not a Yankee problem. Not trying to tick anybody off here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 2004 MLB Payrolls: Â 1 New York Yankees $184,193,950 2 Boston Red Sox $127,298,500 3 Anaheim Angels $100,534,667 4 New York Mets $96,660,970 5 Philadelphia Phillies $93,219,167 6 Los Angeles Dodgers $92,902,001 7 Chicago Cubs $90,560,000 8 Atlanta Braves $90,182,500 9 St. Louis Cardinals $83,228,333 10 San Francisco Giants $82,019,166 11 Seattle Mariners $81,515,834 12 Houston Astros $75,397,000 13 Arizona Diamondbacks $69,780,750 14 Colorado Rockies $65,445,167 15 Chicago White Sox $65,212,500 16 Oakland Athletics $59,425,667 17 San Diego Padres $55,384,833 18 Texas Rangers $55,050,417 19 Minnesota Twins $53,585,000 20 Baltimore Orioles $51,623,333 21 Toronto Blue Jays $50,017,000 22 Kansas City Royals $47,609,000 23 Detroit Tigers $46,832,000 24 Cincinnati Reds $46,615,250 25 Florida Marlins $42,143,042 26 Montreal Expos $41,197,500 27 Cleveland Indians $34,319,300 28 Pittsburgh Pirates $32,227,929 29 Tampa Bay Devil Rays $29,556,667 30 Milwaukee Brewers $27,528,500 Â As you can see, the Yankees are about 57 million ahead of the Red Sox. To give you an idea of how significant that is in the baseball world...14 of 30 teams have payrolls below 57 million. The Angels are also a little above 100 million but them and the Red Sox would prefer to stay below that mark to avoid paying the luxury tax. They spend what they do to try and keep up with New York. Â Baseball has more than one problem, and the financial problems aren't solely because of the Yankees, but if Stienbrenner would get below 100 million we would have a better chance at competitive balance. He doesn't care about that though. He only cares about winning...even if he uses an unfair advantage to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield_Rules 46 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 All you need to do to get an idea of how unfair a lack of a salary cap is to the smaller market teams is look at the gap between the highest and lowest payrolls. The difference is a mind-boggling $156.7 million. An astounding twenty-one teams have a payroll of at least $100 million less than the Yankess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89bluedevil 10 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 I'll admit I thought the payrolls between the top 2 or 3 teams was a little closer and that there are a select few who can afford the most prized free agents. I agree there is more than one problem to address to fix this also. The only way to keep Steinbrenner at a certain dollar amount that would be competitive is a salary cap. Maybe if they can work out this steroid issue, they can move on to finances next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamJam 10 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 My orioles are pretty low on that list *sniffle*...haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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