At one point in my life I wanted to play baseball for a living. I think we all did at one time or another. Little league for me was about the closest I ever came to it though, unless you count the times when my father would take me to Joe Robbie Stadium to watch the Florida Marlins play. I once asked Gary Sheffield (left-fielder of Florida Marlins, now an Atlanta Brave) if he would throw me the warm up ball when they were done; he did it right away. I looked up to him so much at that point. Although this was only ten years ago, baseball still seemed real to me; I could still get the players to shake my hands and sign my glove. They weren't the players you see today, throwing multi-million dollar contracts instead of balls and worrying about what they would be getting paid next year, instead of worrying about the game ahead.
             People used to go the games because it was about the game. You could read the paper and see scores. Today you see salaries. Baseball was about competition between two teams, and a good way to enjoy yourself with friends and family. Today it is about high ticket prices, and expensive cheap carnie food all run by huge corporations with one thing in mind: MONEY. In the past few years baseball, Americas favorite past time, has taken a major turn for the worst. Baseball is coming under fire because it needs a salary cap.
             Without a salary cap there is no restriction on how much teams can spend on players. With certain teams being much wealthier than others they can afford the better players. If a salary cap was imposed on the MLB, teams would be restricted from spending more than a set amount on the entire roster.
             Some teams are in favor of the cap, believing that it would promote competition amongst teams. Currently the New York Yankees have a player salary budget that is over one-hundred million dollars more than any other team. The cap would level the playing field making things fairer f...