[NYCVirago]

True, I do respect Steinbrenner for his willingness to do whatever it takes, I just wish there was some way to stop him from making salaries to high for other teams to keep their quality players.

Actually, Steinbrenner had nothing to do with most of the biggest contracts in baseball. Manny Ramirez and A-Rod, to name the two biggest contracts, got those deals from other teams.

[weshess]

True, but Steinbrenner started it off with Reggie, and with a $200 million plus payroll you can't tell me that he didn't overpay some on the team.