Yankees' win

I am not a Yankees fan. Far from it. I dislike them very much. I also think basbeall should have a salary cap. With that being said, people complaining about the Yankees buying a championship need to be quiet.

The Yankees have a payroll of more than $200 million, it's true. But the rules allow it. Boston, that other New York team, and a few others could spend that kind of money. They just don't.

I hear a lot of people say that the Yankees represent what is wrong in baseball, but that's just not true. How is doing whatever it takes, in a legal manner (steroid use aside), representing what is wrong with a sport? They spend more than $200 million to put the best team they can pn the field. They could pocket $50 millon of that and still have the highest payroll, but they choose to spend more in hopes of winning championships.

Also, the players, on all the teams in the league, are to blame for the disparity in payrolls and the fact there is no salary cap. If the players from other teams were sick of the Yankees winning because of their payroll, they would come together in the union and lobby to impose a salary cap. But they are happy with the way things are in baseball. They like it that mediocre players can be paid $5 million a year. If there was a salary cap, teams would never pay the likes of Kip Wells a seven-figure salary. So until your team's players start asking for a salary cap, I don't want to hear you complain about the Yankees outspending your team by $120 million.

And this is coming from a Pirates fan.

And hey, the Yankees had the highest payroll in the league for as long as I can remember, but they hadn't won a title in eight years. That just shows that spending doesn't guarantee titles if you don't spend it on the right guys.

It can be argued that, although spending big doesn't guarantee rings, it does guarantee constant contention. And I can't argue against that. But, think of how much pleasure so many of have taken when seeing the Yankees and their big payroll fail to win a title. They are the antagonist all sports fans need.

I'm not happy the Yankees won. I'll be a happy man if I never see them win again. But until the players step up and admit the league needs a salary cap, I can't blame the Yankees for doing whatever they need to do to win.

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