On July 30th around eleven at night the Florida Times were reporting that the Florida Marlins had acquired Manny Ramirez from the Boston Red Sox in a three team deal.

How could the Marlins pay to have Ramirez on the team?  The guy is worth twenty million dollars, and all the Marlins have is about twenty two million dollars to hold that team together.  So the Marlins in the end had to pull out of the deal and pass on Ramirez.  Now if the Marlins had the same payroll as a team like the Yankees who have Two Hundred and Seven Million dollars to throw around then the Marlins would have Ramirez on their team right now. 

Instead Ramirez was traded to the LA Dodgers who have One Hundred and Eighteen million dollar payroll that puts them in the seventh highest payroll slot in baseball for this year.  While the Dodgers are happy that they got Ramirez the Marlins ownership sits at their stadium wondering why they could not afford Manny.  The reason why is because MLB does not have a salary cap like the NHL, NBA, and NFL.  If you were to have a salary cap in baseball, team ownership would be so happy that they might get a player like Ramirez, David Ortiz, or a Derek Jeter. 

Imagine if you were to go to a Marlins or a Pirates game and see some big name players like the ones listed above.  Baseball has caught up with NHL, NBA, and the NFL by using instant replay which could start at the end of this week, so why not catch up with them and put a salary cap on each team? 

Let’s say that MLB was to start a cap for each team and Ramirez wanted to leave the Dodgers at the end of this season.  Imagine all the teams that would want to sign the guy who wants four years for One Hundred Million Dollars.  Right now the only team I can see even coming close to that deal next year at this point would be the New York Yankees.  The Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to start a Broadway Musical why did'nt they just sell Manny Ramirez for a bucket of baseballs and some cash?