As the dawn of winter vacation approaches, I thought it would be good for Major League Baseball to have a New Year's Resolution. Of course, as all New Year's Resolutions, this "promise" will be ignored and neglected. Yet, the sore subject must be addressed.

For the love of humanity, Major League Baseball, please get a salary cap.

How long is America going to put up with this? There are 31 teams in the Majors, but only about eight are in the running every year (and for that matter, over the past four years, only one team has been in the running).

Hello Minnesota? Kansas City? Montreal? Milwaukee? Let's get a union together! Baseball fans of the world unite! Protest in the streets. Stop going to games all together. Do something small market fans, because how are you living with yourselves? When the Twins, Royals, Expos and Brewers begin each season, what are you thinking? Hoping for .500? Please, this has to get old.

The 1980s are over. The days of Kirby Puckett, George Brett and Robin Yount are over. Now, fans, you're stuck with Ron Coomer, Dave McCarty, and Henry Blanco.

It is inherently unfair that Kansas City, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Philadelphia, and San Diego will never win under the current format of major league baseball. You can probably add Oakland, the White Sox and Cincinnati to that list despite their remarkable recent success (which only went so far).

If baseball took a page from the NFL's playbook, fan appeal would double. No longer would New York be the only game in town. Since the NFL adopted a salary cap, players' salaries can only be so high (bottom line: A Rod and Manny lose, society gains). Ticket prices do not need to be jacked up every year (see: John Harrington) to support the astronomical salaries.

But, by far the biggest benefit of a salary cap is the parity that would immediately race across Major League Baseball. After three years of a salary cap in the NFL, the bad teams became good and vice versa. The resident bottom dwellers (the Rams, the Falcons, and even the lowly Buccaneers!) rose to the top. Recently, the Saints and the Ravens have shown themselves to be Super Bowl contenders.