Did Anyone See That?
Written by Garrett Lloyd Friday, 16 October 2009 11:23
During the day there are a lot of things that happen, but people are sometimes too focused on a single thing. People pay attention to things that are the main attraction, like at a magic show. The magician has the audience’s full attention on a hat when the trick is actually going on two feet away from him, but no sees it because they are looking at his hat.
In my blog I want to draw people’s eyes away from this “hat” and write about the influential things they might have missed. The subject may be news, current events, movies, or sports. The whole purpose is to get people to look around and not just looks at the thing everyone else sees but sees the most important thing that is not as noticeable. My first subject is the very hated New York Yankees.
The baseball playoffs are all around us and they are heating up. Personally I love the Yankees; don’t blame me, it runs in my blood. The teams in the playoffs are the Yankees, Dodgers, Angels, and Phillies. These teams might seem innocent, but people need to look at the numbers. In Major League Baseball there is no salary cap. That means that teams can spend as much as they want on any player. In other leagues such as the NBA and NFL there is a salary cap, which means teams can only spend a limited amount of money on players. Not having a salary cap means that the team that has the most money can buy the best players, have the best coaches, and pay the best scouts. This is all too true for the Yankees. They have a total payroll of $208,097,414 and they have the most wins this season. This is no surprise that the Angles Dodgers and Phillies are all in the top 12 teams in payroll. This is not what the MLB wants. They want all teams to have a chance to win the World Series. A team on the other end of the spectrum is the Pittsburg Pirates. This year the pirates have a total payroll of about 25 million, which is five million short of Alex Rodriguez’s salary alone. That is why leagues that have a salary cap have more competitive leagues. This is what people are not seeing--that the people with the most money and the biggest pockets will survive. The teams with a 30 million dollar payroll will not win the World Series. It is sad, but it is the truth. MLB teams that have so much money they can throw it in the air will win the World Series. Sorry little guy.
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