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		<title>Why Major League Baseball sucks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t say baseball sucks, I said MLB sucks, and this is why. It&#8217;s not necessarily because of the insane spending, but because there is no limit to the spending. If you don&#8217;t agree with me, you&#8217;re probably a fan of a team that spends a lot of money, like the Boston Red Sox or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t say baseball sucks, I said <a href="http://www.mlb.com">MLB</a> sucks, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-matsuzaka111406&amp;prov=yhoo&amp;type=lgns">and this is why</a>.  It&#8217;s not necessarily because of the insane spending, but because there is no limit to the spending. If you don&#8217;t agree with me, you&#8217;re probably a fan of a team that spends a lot of money, like the Boston Red Sox or the New York Yankees.</p>
<p>There needs to be a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salary_cap">salary cap</a>. Of course, the successful teams don&#8217;t want a cap since they have money to spend because of their success and/or they reside in a large market. The teams that don&#8217;t have money to spend want change, but it doesn&#8217;t matter since the players clearly enjoy making tons of money, regardless of the fact it&#8217;s ruining baseball. I remember being mad at Carlos Lee for wanting such an <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=477507">insane amount of money</a> to stay in Milwaukee, but if there&#8217;s a team willing to pay him the money, why not?</p>
<p>Baseball was once America&#8217;s game, but that has been overtaken by football, which has salary cap. The salary cap creates a level playing field so to speak, and makes the entire league more competitive. It makes teams rely more on coaching than just buying a new team. If there isn&#8217;t a change, you&#8217;ll continue to see teams in smaller markets, like the Brewers, struggle.</p>
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