Open Books, and Closed

The worst part about trying to follow the baseball situation is not having all the information, and for that I blame the owners. Consider that, as things stand now, each club receives $209 million in shared revenue, or did in 2018, the last year for which figures appear to be available. And owners want a luxury tax why? With that much money going into a budget, what else could owners possibly want or need? It would help if all the clubs would open their books, the real ones, not the ones that always show that a club is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. That way, people on the outside could get a sense of how this particular industry works. Until that day comes, all fans can do is sit there and wonder what the truth of the matter is.