The Something to Say Radio Show – May 30th, 2026

But speaking of baseball, you know, and we were talking about this, and we'll talk about it further whenever Mike Noble joins us again, which will probably be next week.

He's actually, I guess we could say he's on assignment for his own show.

And he was invited by the St. Louis Cardinals to come and be part of their podcast.

I guess they're having a special thing for podcasters, and they get to be in a suite with free food and free beer.

And I believe he's even going to get an opportunity to speak with the president of baseball operations, Haim Bloom.

So that'll be cool.

And we'll talk about that whenever he returns.

And hopefully he gets some good questions in, and maybe we'll even get to play him on our show.

So we'll see.

But the news from baseball this week was that the MLB owners have proposed a salary cap for the first time.

You know, there's this new CBA will be, well, the current one will run out in December.

And there's been a ton of talk about a salary cap and also a salary floor.

And I know that the players are not into it, but this is the first time that one has been proposed since the 94-95 strike.

You know, and I've talked to, we've talked about this with Mike on here, but I really don't, I would be shocked, I should say, if baseball starts on time next year, because I think this is going to be a knockdown drag out negotiation between the players union and the owners.

But, you know, the players are going to have to understand that it's time.

You know, all the other sports have a salary cap.

They've been, you know, running crazy for years now with some of these salaries.

I mean, you look at somebody like Ohtani, who's getting $700 million contract.

I mean, come on.

You know, and the way that the Dodgers have went about things with, you know, stretching the money out over 30, 40 years, it's just, it's ridiculous.

I mean, they're currently running with a payroll of, let's see, I think they have a payroll somewhere in the, I thought I saw that it was like $500 million.

It's crazy.

It might not be that high, but it's up there.

You know, then you got the Mets at $379 million, the Yankees at $339 million, Toronto $319 million, Philadelphia $315 million, Boston $263 million, San Diego $260 million, and Atlanta $247 million.

It's just got to, it's got to calm down.

But speaking of baseball, you know, and we were talking about this, and we'll talk about it further whenever Mike Noble joins us again, which will probably be next week.

He's actually, I guess we could say he's on assignment for his own show.

And he was invited by the St. Louis Cardinals to come and be part of their podcast.

I guess they're having a special thing for podcasters, and they get to be in a suite with free food and free beer.

And I believe he's even going to get an opportunity to speak with the president of baseball operations, Haim Bloom.

So that'll be cool.

And we'll talk about that whenever he returns.

And hopefully he gets some good questions in, and maybe we'll even get to play him on our show.

So we'll see.

But the news from baseball this week was that the MLB owners have proposed a salary cap for the first time.

You know, there's this new CBA will be, well, the current one will run out in December.

And there's been a ton of talk about a salary cap and also a salary floor.

And I know that the players are not into it, but this is the first time that one has been proposed since the 94-95 strike.

You know, and I've talked to, we've talked about this with Mike on here, but I really don't, I would be shocked, I should say, if baseball starts on time next year, because I think this is going to be a knockdown drag out negotiation between the players union and the owners.

But, you know, the players are going to have to understand that it's time.

You know, all the other sports have a salary cap.

They've been, you know, running crazy for years now with some of these salaries.

I mean, you look at somebody like Ohtani, who's getting $700 million contract.

I mean, come on.

You know, and the way that the Dodgers have went about things with, you know, stretching the money out over 30, 40 years, it's just, it's ridiculous.

I mean, they're currently running with a payroll of, let's see, I think they have a payroll somewhere in the, I thought I saw that it was like $500 million.

It's crazy.

It might not be that high, but it's up there.

You know, then you got the Mets at $379 million, the Yankees at $339 million, Toronto $319 million, Philadelphia $315 million, Boston $263 million, San Diego $260 million, and Atlanta $247 million.

It's just got to, it's got to calm down.