Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio has responded to comments made by Yankees president Randy Levine. Levine called Attanasio a "whiner" when the Brewers owner complained about the amount of money that New York spends. "Among other things, I didn't think I was whining," Attanasio said. "I was just stating a simple fact." Attanasio kicked off the back-and-forth by pointing out the fact that the Brewers' entire Opening Day payroll was less than the Yankees will spend this season on their starting infield. "I'm sorry that my friend, Mark, continues to whine about his running the Brewers," Levine responded. "We play by all the rules, and there doesn't seem to be any complaints when teams such as the Brewers receive hundreds of millions of dollars that they get from us in revenue sharing the last few years. Take some of that money that you get from us and use that to sign your players. The question that should be asked is: Where has the hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue sharing gone?" Attanasio came back with: "We do get a piece of revenue sharing. We appreciate it, and we need it, and we use it. We use pretty much all of our revenue-sharing dollars every year within our budget to put our team on the field. Our payroll is in the high $80 [million-dollar range]. "If you had access to the records, you would see that this organization spends its revenue-sharing dollars."