What would happen if MLB instituted a minimum salary of $60,000 U.S.D/ Year and maximum salary of $10 Million U.S.D/ Year within the signings of all ballplayers within each chain of MLB (including the Minor Leagues, and all aspects of the Players Association and Front Office positions)?
1. IF the ultra-rich within MLB (the Owners and Marquee players) are taxed accordingly, the guy selling peanuts is a happy camper making $35,000 U.S.D/Year. The least paid position would be $35,000 U.S.D/ Year.
2. The player in A-Ball is seeing $60,000 U.S.D/ Year
3. The player on the average level sees $1,000,000 U.S.D/ Year
4. The marquee player sees $10,000,000 U.S.D/ Year
The reason I stipulate is for this reason. No team has 25 superstars. I repeat no team has 25 superstars. No hitter will ever bat 1.0000 with any consistency, and no pitcher will ever achieve a perfect record with any consistency. You might have a guy who finishes his career 1 for 1 with a grand slam to boot, but try to repeat that over and over again... It's the same thing for the pitchers within the game. A pitcher is always trying for the perfect game. Does he achieve this? No.
The game of baseball is an institution for this reason. The guy selling the peanuts and cracker jacks, the soda and the beer, the baseball and the jersey, all need to make a buck to bring enough chicken bacon home to feed the wife and kids. The stories we tell after the game has been played is part and parcel of what North American cities and towns need. Something to grow on that makes life worth living. A reason to wake up in the morning. When we look back on our lives as a baseball fanatic, we realize that success happens, mistakes happen, you roll with the punches. You play the game.
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