Baseball

Tomorrow is the trade deadline in major league baseball. Things like that really don't concern me. Potential trades, waivers, who might be called up from the minors...If you contemplate those things, I think you are a little too into it. I admire your dedication to the sport, but find some other things to spend your time on too.

The fact that I don't pay attention to all that, however, doesn't stop me from thinking of myself as something of a baseball expert. Why? I played in a fantasy league once and won the league. That's right, I didn't know what I was doing the first month of the season, but still won. Here are some of my boys. I had all their baseball cards during the season after we won the title we had a little victory party at Subway. So yeah, I'm a baseball expert.


So here is my plan on what baseball should do. No more owners. Let the city own the team. Cities already own lots of things. And any profits goes to the city for welfare programs, or its given to charities, or something like that. Anything would be better than putting the profits in the hands of the already filthy rich owners. I think that's the reason players are so greedy. They know if they don't get paid a lot, that money will just go to the owner.

So the players probably won't be so greedy. Probably. Just in case they are we could put in some kind of salary cap. People that make five million a year hold out for more money. Really? Maybe a top salary for anyone is two million a year. Is that not enough? I think it should be. How much money is enough. That probably is good for another blog. For now, let's go with two million. I just Googled and there are seven players that make at least $30 a year. That's per year. I know some are worried that they'll be stupid with money so they need as much money as possible so they can't outspend their stupidity. So half your salary gets put into a trust fund or something and doled out to you in chunks over your lifetime.

Great plan, right? It is. It won't happen, of course, but great plan.