Red Sux Owner Calls for Salary Cap

Still amazed at the story I saw this morning that John Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, is calling for a salary cap. Is this seriously coming from the man who has jacked his payroll up to be the second highest annual payroll in the MLB?

Here is a list of the last several World Series Champion payrolls:

• 2008 Phillies 95, 479,880
• 2007 Red Sox 143,026,214
• 2006 Cardinals 88,891,371
• 2005 White Sox 75,178,000
• 2004 Red Sox 127,298,500
• 2003 Marlins 48,750,000
• 2002 Angels 61,721,667
• 2001 Diamondbacks 85,247,999
• 2000 Yankees 92,938,260

Has this guy gone mad? Having a payroll would actually end up hurting the Red Sox and the rest of the league. First off, the Red Sox are the only team in history to have a Wold Series championship club with a payroll of over $100 million. Second, putting into place a cap usually also means putting in a basement. Assuming that the cap is $100 million and a basement of 80% of that...imagine how the Rays would do if they were forced to spend that much money. Having such a basement also means that several teams would have much more financial difficulty than they do now. Buh-bye Pirates, Marlins, Brewers, Twins and every other team that always seems to have a miniscule payroll. Last, considering that high payrolls don't necessarily = championships (as seen above) wouldn't you shut up if you owned the Red Sux?

What this really sounds like is John Henry is sick of losing out on big names to the Yankees. It's not good enough that they finally won a few championships after YEARS of futility, this guy needs to have his ego stroked further by getting a few big names. It's bad enough you couldn't keep Manny happy...don't get your panties in a bunch just because the Yanks swooped in and got Teixeira "last minute" or that when you couldn't pull off the A-Rod deal a few years ago, the Yanks did. Massholes never cease to amaze me in their stupidity. Just shut up and adjusted to being a second-tier team again for the next several decades.