[JackRabbitSlim]

I hate the Yankees, and everytime they do this, it makes me happy when they don't win the World Series, and instead it is someone like the Rays. I know they didn't win, but heck they were there. They just keep raising the bar for contracts, and who knows where it is going to end. That is the part that is ruining baseball. The dollar amounts are going to keep going up and up and, in my opinion, talent is going down. So many stupid injuries these days. You can't count on anyone anymore. Instead of throwing all this money around, why not use it to spread around to those who truly need it in this time of economic crisis? Donate to some worthy charities, anything. C.C. Sabathia could never throw another pitch and never need money again. Same for Tex now. And A-Rod, and Jeter... et cetera, et cetera.

Look up Boston's payroll...It's within a few million of the Yankees, and last year they were almost neck and neck. So to single them out is really unfair. I know they have a reputation for this, but if the rest of the teams could do it, they would, and I think the Yankees just paniced after last year and went crazy. If anyone can find a link with all the payrolls for each team I would really like to see it, thanks.