Americas pastime

“Does the MLB need a salary cap”  This topic has been debated for years, so now I thought I’d write what I think. Yes they do, the difference between spending in 2010 for the team with the highest payroll (NY Yankees $206,333,389) and the team with the lowest payroll (Pittsburg Pirates $34,943,000) is $171,390,389. The average player salary for the Yankees was $8,253,336 and the average player salary for the Pittsburg Pirates was $1,294,185. The Yankees finished the 2010 regular season with a record of 95-67 witch was the second best record in the AL East and the third best record in the MLB while the Pirates where 57-105 witch was last in the NL Central and the worst record in the MLB. The best players will gravitate towards the teams that can pay them the most money, and the teams the have the best players will draw the most fans to the games. The more fans that come to games the more money a team will get in revenue and that will always keep the rich teams on top. The Yankees have 27 World Series victories have made 40 World Series and are always one of the favorites to win the World Series, while the Pirates have not made a World Series since 1979 and they are considered one of the worst teams in baseball today. If the MLB started revenue sharing then it would create more Parity in the sport and might turn baseball back into Americas pastime.