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Originally Posted by twalker919
Yes, he changed baseball and possibly should be in the HOF. But, I question whether it was for the good. Because of him, players are getting millions of $ for playing a kid's game. Nobody is worth even $1,000,000 a year to play MLB.
Also, we the fans are having to pay large amounts of $ to see a game.
I still support baseball and go to 30+ MLB games a year, but I am disgusted with the MLB salary structure.....
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My wife used to get very upset at the salary that Reggie Jackson was making. I asked her if she would spend $1.00 to make $2.00. She said she would. I then asked her if she would spend one million dollars to make 2 million dollars. She said no. I tried to explain that it was the same thing, but she didn't get it. No one forces the owners to pay these salaries. This is the free market at work. I would've had hated it if I wasn't able to change jobs for a better salary when I was working. But, as you pointed out, these salaries have made it so that many of the seats at many stadiums are corporate owned. The cost to take a family to a baseball game is getting crazy. But, like you I am still a fan.