talkin baseball on a cold winter's day

wrapping cold fingers around a warm mug of tea, sniffling a bit; snow outside is falling again on a good layer already in place...so let's talk baseball.
The Yankees cut payroll and added payroll, but the talk is as of they caused the recession and are rubbing our noses in it.  The Yankees are the victims here, Boston bid 174 Million for a player they Yankees signed at 180, so the market was set by...Boston. Now Boston has added Saito, Ramirez, Smoltz, and Penny to a pitching staff that was already 8 deep in starters and ten deep in relievers; Tampa made the biggest improvement by adding Burrell and getting a year older with their young stars, Boston may now add Michael Young and pay less than his salary... all things done because NY added payroll as it cut payroll, rivals have clearly added payroll.
The Yankees will open a new ballpark and play to nearly packed houses at home and on the road, they pay 100 million to the league and other teams; and frankly would be a team who would greatly benefit financially from a salary cap.  Say $100m in cap with no minimum ...to satisfy the small mind er... uh ... market owners and the Yankees would turn quite a profit.  They would rather spend on the product they put on the field, and their fans...are glad for it.