The Good Times: Over?

In these tough times, everyone is cinching their belt. Even Chevrolet has been reduced to using a smarmy Howie Long to push their godforsaken cars, over and over again. Baseball teams are no different.

Close to half the teams in the league have cut back their payroll, according to USA Today.

The average salary saw a modest 4% increase, to $3.26 million. But even the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have cut payrolls, based on documents obtained by USA TODAY from the Major League Baseball Players Association, clubs and MLB’s central office. The Yankees still lead with a $201.4 million payroll, but despite committing $423.5 million on three new free agents, their payroll is down $8 million. The Red Sox lowered theirs by $12 million to $121.7 million, dropping them behind the Yankees, New York Mets ($149.3 million) and Chicago Cubs ($134.8 million).

This is why the accusations of collusion to cut veteran salaries were, in retrospect, funny. Ain’t nobody got money.

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