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Letter: Yankees, MLB need a salary cap
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
I am writing in response to Brock Letchworth's column in the Oct. 28 Reflector titled, “Results don't support calls for salary cap in baseball.” I thought it was a factless, baseless column.
But as I turned to page C4 to finish reading it, I read that Letchworth is a Yankees fan. Well, that explained the entire article.
In case you didn't read it, Letchworth said that the big market teams did not have an unfair advantage over the smaller market teams. He cited as evidence that despite having, by far, baseball's largest payroll, the New York Yankees hadn't won a World Series title since 2000. And that the owners of small-market teams choose not to spend in excess of $200 million a year on their payroll.
Letchworth is living in a fantasy world. The Yankees bought the top three free agents available last winter. One of them led the league in home runs, and another is likely to win the Cy Young award. The Yankees have enough resources to triple some teams' payrolls. As a fan of the Yankees, I don't blame you for wanting the status quo to remain the same. But as a fan of baseball everywhere, I say Major League Baseball needs a salary cap now.
JEFF PACKARD
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Mav
11/05/2009 02:53:40 PM
Indeeed. MLB's lack of salary cap is a joke. For a team like the Yankees, winning championships is like shooting fish in a barrel.
Suggest removalJL
11/05/2009 10:16:44 AM
Hey DS, your response it tainted. HOW BOUT DEM YANKEES!!!! WORLD CHAMPS!
Suggest removalDS
11/04/2009 09:30:02 PM
Any Championships the Yankees win while they have this ridiculous advantage in payroll is tainted. Say whatever you want, but it's not a fair set-up at all.
Suggest removalDan
11/04/2009 09:28:45 PM
What do you mean the Yankees haven't won in 10 years? They've won their division 9 of the last 10. What are you smoking?
Suggest removalcj
11/04/2009 01:06:48 PM
GO PHILLIES!!!
Suggest removalJL
11/03/2009 11:04:11 AM
The Yankees have, they spend, and they win. Your teams would do the same if they had the dough.
Suggest removalJL
11/03/2009 11:02:06 AM
Haha! I love jealous Yankee-haters. You haters just simply WISHED your team had the money to get some of our players. We have, we spend, we win. Your team would do the same if they could. Bottom line.
Suggest removalJIM
11/03/2009 09:00:41 AM
Give Barack time he will probably do just that. Wealth redistribution baby.
Suggest removalDY
11/03/2009 08:35:39 AM
Salary caps dont work for baseball. Yes the yankees spend the most, but they havent won in 10 yrs. The Red Sox are 2nd in spending and have won 2x in 10 yrs.
Suggest removalThe difference is the teams like the pirates, KC and other small market teams pocket the money. Look at the pirates, worst team in baseball but they are in the top 1/4 in regards to profit!
josh
11/03/2009 01:28:29 AM
the salary cap works people(yankees fans) are just igonrant cause they don't want them to be the knicks GO JEFF GO SALARY CAP
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