Baseball fans who grew up during the so-called "Evil Empire" days of the New York Yankees under George Steinbrenner could surely never envision a time

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said it is "difficult" for other teams to keep up with the Dodgers' offseason spending.

The owner of the Yankees says most baseball owners cannot financially compete with another ownership group. In an interview with YES Network that aired Tuesday night, Hal Steinbrenner looked at the powerhouse Dodgers — who beat the Yankees in the World Series and then added several significant pieces to blow away the rest of the sport financially — and acknowledged other ownership groups can only peer up at the Guggenheim Partners,