[THX 1138]

The Yanks making a major offseason acqusition or two is a yearly tradition, one I don't get too worked up over anymore. It's their money, Steinbrenner's business, let him do what he pleases.

If he were out there on his own, I would agree totally.

But he isn't. He's part of a league and part of Major League Baseball as a whole. And most teams have no chance, ZERO, of competing with the New Yorks and Bostons of this world.

This is what the fight is over in the NHL right now, and thank God the owners are holding firm.

As for baseball, why don't New York and Boston and Atlanta and L.A. and Chicago and all the other fatcat teams go off and form their own league and give some other teams something to play for every summer?

[dakine]

"why don't New York and Boston and Atlanta and L.A. and Chicago and all the other fatcat teams"

Been like that for 80+ years, why change now?

parity stinks...

[Gforce11]

The Diamondbacks, Angels, and Marlins won before Boston won last year. These complaints aren't making any sense.

[misterrob]

The Yanks are in a league of their own with a $220 million payroll, plus $25 million in luxury taxes and revenue sharing (communism, really) to boot.

Boston, Anaheim and Atlanta have more resources but that's because of their fan bases and cable deals.

Minnesota fans won't pay enough money in terms of tickets or cable fees to give the ownership the resources to get to the next level.

You can say the same for Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Milwaukee.