Why do the Yankees always win? Because Bastard MLB Commish Bud "The Tool" Selig wants a New York team in the playoffs every year for big TV ratings. Why do the Yankees get all the best players? Scouting? Shrewd drafting? Divine intervention? Nope. The Yankees have the biggest TV and radio contract (around $100 million per year) so they have the most money, period. Bastard George Steinbrenner loves the way baseball is set up now. If he needs a starting pitcher (example: Mike Mussina) he throws down $11 million a year. If he needs a first baseman (example Jason Giambi) he throws down $10.5 million a year. Cash and carry, baby. The Yankees simply buy their World Series trophies, the same way the Florida Marlins did it in 1997. Boy, that sure makes it fun for the rest of us, like Twins or Brewers or Reds or Pirates or Padres or Devil Rays or ROYALS fans. The Royals DOUBLED their payroll in 2002 and the rich bastard Yankees still spend more than 2 1/2 times more than the Royals on players. Here's how it works:
The Bottom Line: THE FIX IS IN!
The Royals highest paid player is Mike Sweeney. He makes $8 million a year, which is the most the Royals have ever paid a player. He makes much more than George Brett ever made. The Yankees have eight guys on their team that make MORE than Sweeney. Yankees Starting Pitcher Mike Mussina makes almost twice as much as the entire Royals starting pitching staff makes! Baseball IS professional wrestling. Maybe for a couple million more the players would hit each other over the head with metal folding chairs. Now that would be entertainment. In the mean time, I seriously question why I still care. It would be so easy for teams to share the golden goose, and make baseball fun for all fans. But greedy bastards live on both sides of the equation (Bastards like Steinbrenner and Selig vs. Bastards Donald Fehr and Scott Boras), and it wouldn't surprise me if we had another work stoppage this year, as baseball continues into 2002 with no labor agreement.
Here's a list of just a few of the players the Royals have lost because of baseball's financial structure:
David Cone, Kevin Appier, Tim Belcher, Tom Gordon, Wally Joyner, Jose Offerman, Jay Bell, Dean Palmer, Johnny Damon, Jermaine Dye, Gregg Zahn, Chili Davis, Rey Sanchez.
The Royals suck. They're always going to suck. The deck is stacked against them, and the dealing's going to stay dirty as long as Bud the Tool is the pit boss.
As Walter Cronkite would say: "That's the Way It Is."
