On December 4, 1964, baseball owners voted to use a free-agent draft that involved clubs selecting players every four months in the inverse order of the previous year’s standings. Scheduled to begin the following January, the idea behind this system was to help level the playing field when it came to player selection, to prevent teams like the Yankees from using their wealth to hoard all the talent.
With the unpredictable X factor in nature and destiny and G-d and what not, I’m not sure money makes that much difference in basbeall (Spoken from a small media market happy Milwaukee fan after KC won the World Series!)
I feel torn about it so much of the time. I hate the idea that money makes the baseball world go round, but it’s difficult to ignore it.