What’s doubly frustrating is, you can’t blame the Yankees. Everyone wishes their team would do this. Pirate fans were tumescent a few years ago when Mark Cuban showed interest in the team. Not out of love for Cuban (though he is a local boy), but because they had a hard time believing Mark Cuban sans salary cap could fail to have a good team.

The owners are making money; the players are making money. They have no interest in changing the status quo. A friend of mind wrote me today to explain how the Yankees are good for baseball. TV ratings and full stadiums when the Yankees come to town are always mentioned. Well, the TV ratings come with being the biggest market. As for the full stadiums, the increased crowds that would show up to see Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas City if they were any good and had interesting players would more than make up for the loss of Yankee fans if they were no longer wholly dominant.

I’ve become an ardent salary cap supporter. Not because the players make too much money–though they do–but because I’d love to see everyone playing the same game.