[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Crying about payroll discrepancies is the sign of a loser

Nothing wrong with socialism in sports. Let everyone compete on an equal playing field.

[Mr. Mojo]

Steinbrenner and the other big market owners have been pouring big money into the pockets of the smaller market clubs for a while now -- "revenue sharing." But rather than using that money to build their teams the owners of these smaller market clubs are just pocketing it. Evidently winning baseball games isn't their primary concern. Steinbrenner, otoh, lives to win. ...and that's why he spends like he does.