[supercat]

Many of the real problems in baseball stem from expansion. Expansion provides more venues for people to watch games, but it forces clubs to not only operate with less revenue than they would have without expansion, but it forces them to pay more for a team of players that isn't as good as it would be without expansion.

Why does nobody mention this?

[Andy Ross]

I don't see any reasoning behind your stance on expansion.

Why does it reduce revenues of existing clubs? The revenues of baseball clubs have skyrocketed over the past decade: even faster than player wages have increased.

Why does expansion force teams to pay a player more than he's worth? The overpaid players are overpaid because of stupid owners: it has nothing to do with the system. To use examples from my team: Vinny Castilla and Albie Lopez both get payed around 4 million bucks a year. No one twisted the Braves' arms to sign these worthless players.

There is plenty of room for even more baseball teams. There could be at least one more in NY, one in Las Vegas, one in DC/Virginia and a whole host of other places.

And on the point of reducing talent? The talent pool is increasing, as teams look further than ever before for future stars. We're seeing an influx of players from Japan and even Australia.

Andrew