Twenty-six and always counting

Damon's Arrival Only Ups the Ante

The Yankees will spend more than $200 million on player salaries, which is nearly double the payrolls of the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals combined.

Wait, let me say that again:

The Yankees will spend more than $200 million on player salaries, which is nearly double the payrolls of the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals combined.

It's criminal, it really is. If the O's and the Nats had payrolls that high, they, too, would draw the crowds and would bring in more profits, thus perpetuating a cycle similar to the hated Yanks. Any club that fields a team of future Hall-of-Famers at the same time is going to wipe most other teams off the playoff map.

Some argue that the Yankees don't win every year, so the higher payroll doesn't make a difference. Um, hello? They've been to the playoffs every year since 1996 and won the WS four times in that span. Just because they choked at the last minute in the other years doesn't mean they aren't winning. As long as a team doesn't dismantle itself with injuries, a hyperpayroll does make a difference.

Justice would be Damon having a Guzman-like year. Pray he does just that.