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I'm sorry, but that trade is a poor choice to play the "IBM" types card. Sure, Arroyo had some character, but he resembled an investment banker (at least one with a wild side) more than the 250 lbs. black goliath they got in return.
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My team has scored 126 this week with the kicker still to go on Monday night. Watch, I'll score like 60 points next week when I'm not on a bye.
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The waiting list to operate on corpses is 6 weeks.
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There will be 5 sheep comments, 7 watch the games comments, 3 strawmen, and 4 declarations of victory in the this thread. Enjoy.
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Speaking from experience?
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Did you get that from Forbes? Just another example of you believing everything you read. Bah-ah-ah-ah You'd see that they can spend as much as the Yankees if you watched the games.
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To the part in bold: It's evident that what you don't understand is all encompassing. I mean, I needed to explain to you the relevance of Teixeira to your own topic of discussion. Everyone else got it without the explanation. To the rest: You are still operating under the ******** assumption that the FO has somehow communicated that they can't spend money and that people are buying it. Neither has happened, so your whole argument is another one of your strawmen. Remove the assumption, and it's just another load of your babble.
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Gom, the discussion you are interested in is what they are "willing" to spend. They were willing to spend on Teixieira. How much is open to debate, but their interest and willingness was real.
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Do you think Beltre's Fenway stats, compiled over 3 to 4 game series, no more than two in any given year, and compiled over several years, have predictive value?
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I have to agree with StraightLeft. I'd be shocked if it isn't Dallas. What they are calling "Jerry World" down is bigger than the new YS and it's got that ginormous HD video screen over the playing field, which would be a big sell for a fight, IMO, and there's also the income tax issue.
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So, you think the increase is proof of some point you are making? You've already agreed that salary will fluctuate from year to year as a function of necessity. Since you acknowledge this, it's hard to justify your position of it being proof, no wait, PROOF, that they can spend at the same level every year. It's very common for a business to increase expenditures in the short term for something that fits a long term plan. At the same time, you still have not addressed how their offer to Mark Teixeira last year invalidates what you are saying. You are going to the mattresses with that 27% figure, and it's not even accurate, because last year's salary doesn't represent the long-term expenditure level they are willing to accept....it would be last year's offer to Teixeira + last year's payroll.
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This does not address what I posted. I'll continue the discussion if you can stay on topic.
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Think about this Gom, the Yankees had a payroll as high as $220M at the end of the year within the last decade? Are they cheap now, since they are spending much less, or was that a one year expenditure due to necessity? The fact is, one year swings in spending occur for every team, but are indicative of nothing more than increased need in the short term. The Red Sox have made the 2nd most money and spent the 2nd most over the last decade. They are behaving exactly as should be expected. This BS about any of us "believing" that they can't spend money, which is something they have neither communicated, nor something we believe is one of your typical strawmen. The complaint about fairness has been that they can't spend like the Yankees, which is something you agree with. So what the f*** are you talking about?
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It's a dimwitted question, do you really need it answered?
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Bah-ah-ah-ah
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And the sheep comment makes it's first appearance. That came early. Already at the end of his rope.
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You are missing his point. The teams on the lower end of the payroll spectrum don't even like those last 3 years, the arbitration years, of control. Depending on the talent in question, those years can start approaching free agent market value for their contributions, which is clearly something they aren't interested in paying.
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Don't worry, it's his pathological response taking over. When it comes down to brass tax, he's admitted, every time, that the Red Sox can't compete financially, not dollar for dollar, with the Yankees. Yet, despite his previous admissions, he can't resist the temptation to deflect attention from the elephant in the living room (Yankee spending). The reporting on revenues is out there if you are willing to search. It's unquestionable that the Yankees earn to a degree that allows them to spend as much as $80M more than the next team with ease. Estimates of the revenues generated by the new Yankee Stadium only increase the discrepancy. If anyone is going to question "desire" to spend as it applies to profitability, then it should be Yankee fans questioning why they didn't pick up both Lackey and Holliday this offseason.
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Why the obsession with A-Gon? Considering other alternatives...
ORS replied to Palodios's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Quit. "Middle of the pack" is what you came up with once you had access to data. Earlier it was, "not a good park for HR for anyone". It is good for RHH ..... or LHH who hit the ball the other way regularly. Yeah, I'd rather have Hanley too.....and Albert.....oh, and Ryan Zimmerman for 3B. Problem: They aren't definitely available. Adrian Gonzalez is.