If you compress payroll, lessen payroll disparity, have a little restraint at the top, give more at the bottom,

If something does happen, there are some restraint moves they are taught.

The players' association negotiated for a clean slate when a player is promoted from the minor leagues to the major leagues. That clean slate, however, is a two-way street. If minor-league discipline does not count in determining the severity of the penalty to be imposed for a violation of the major-league program, then such discipline cannot immunize the player from discipline under the major-league program.

Think about a descent from top to the bottom.

The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another.

I said at the start of the year, from top to bottom, this is going to be the most competitive the league has been. I made the statement the league wouldn't be determined until the last weekend, and that's still the case. It seems like anything can happen.