look, i'm a cleveland fan so i'm all in favor of a salary cap - but I dont think MLB really cares about the 5 teams that arent in the biggest 25 metro areas in the country - pittsburgh, kc, cincy, cleveland, milwaukee - what does mlb lose if they all disappear or move to bigger markets where they can compete better? they arent national draws, they mean little from an entertainment or ratings stand point - things change, demogrpahics change, why should we - mlb - ignore that and prop them up? we can do fine without themfurthermore the sport desperately needs a salary cap and revenue sharing. The sport is just completely and totally lopsided when it comes to salaries and it destroys the competitiveness. Last season 7 teams were below 100 million salary, mean while 5 were at or above 200 million. Thats a ridiculous gap.
My guess is we end up losing a full season of baseball while they figure it all out
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re the indians organizaton - since dick jacobs bought the team in 86?, hired hank peters in 87? who hired john hart, who hired mark shapiro, et. al., i would maintain that the indians probably have had the strongest, most effective organization in the following 30 years! - and that's w/o qualification of market size, avaialable $s, etc. I'll let someone else do it, but just add up w-l over that time and the indians will be right at the top - hope it continues