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You and jacksonianmarch will get along just fine.

I do hope the Yankees get Wang back.

At this point, I think we can agree that both defensive metrics and scouting have their flaws. I'm of the thought process that scouting is much more effective than defensive metrics. I guess we can leave it at that.

All valid points...like I said...they cry poverty, and pocket your money while they laugh all the way to the bank. Why? Because there are two fools to step up and buy every empty seat that's given up. What I've been saying all along.

It doesn't cast it in a negative light to me. I honestly, truly, don't care. I support a team. That team wins. I honestly don't care about much of the details. People complain about the Yankees and their payroll advantage. They have every right to. However, the Steinbrenners aren't the richest people in baseball. There are other owners that could probably buy them two times over or more. Including the entire Yankees franchise. It's not the Yankees fault, it's the system. Rage against the system, but the Yankees do one thing...WIN. They have done it at a success rate greater than any other baseball team, or any American franchise. They play within the rules. If the rules are skewed in their favor, is it their fault? No. They play within the rules to win. If you honestly thought I try to fight something that casts my team in a negative light, then you haven't followed my posts that closely [not that you are required to]. I was the one that pointed out how the Yankees basically controlled two teams [the Yankees and Kansas City A's] in the 1950s and early 1960's. I stated that what they did then was worse than payroll disparity, because in those days, I don't think they were playing within the rules. Why would I do that if I had something to hide, or something to be embarrased about? Quite simply...I don't care. Not one iota. I know what the words mean. I think the Red Sox championship was mainly delegitimized due to the fact that you're primary players, Manny and Papi, were cheaters. Not because of payroll disparity. The system is what it is. I commend the Yankees for trying to put a winner on the field. What the Red Sox do disgust me overall, but make me happy since I am a Red Sox hater. They convince their fans that they can't compete, so they don't spend the money. They use the Yankees as a scapegoat. The masses, most of whom don't have a clue, buy it. This would have been a much stronger argument before the wild card. However, if it really is a crapshoot...make the playoffs. Take your chances. However, what excuse will your front office have if you lose Bay and Holliday? Zero. None. However, they will use the excuses of the unfair advantage the Yankees have, over this year being a retooling year, or whatever. The sad thing is...you buy it. 99% of Red Sox nation buys it. Why shouldn't you make it to the ALCS? Don't you enjoy financial advantages over the Rangers, Mariners, Angels, Tigers, Twins, White Sox and Blue Jays? At the very WORST, you'd lose to the Yankees in the ALCS. a700 is the only person here I see as "getting it". You're a big market team. Act like it. Stop crying. I don't see the Phillies, Mets, or any of the other big market teams complaining about the Yankees. It's an ego defect that the Front Office imposes on it's fans...while ownership pockets your money.

With all due respect, 228, do you really believe him if an opportunity presents itself? He's not going to come out and say he will spend money, even if he ends up doing it.

LOL! Really? Why?

No I don't. Seriously, who left?

I couldn't have said it better. Thank you 228. On all accounts, I agree 100%.

Who left?

I agree that it's a bad idea. I'm not so sure I'd rather have Damon than Matsui. In fact, I think I'd rather have it the other way around.

So you guys paid [or will pay] $19 million for 0.3 WAR? Wow...

You know what's funny? Ignorant Red Sox fans who talk about one off-season spending spree...and not realizing that until last year, the Red Sox had made the biggest free agent one-year splash with Drew, Dice, and Lugo. We only topped it last year. I did quote the wrong post, I meant to quote a700, who is about the only non-brain-dead Red Sox fan here. He's about the only one who realizes that the Red Sox make a f***ing killing, and they make money hand over foot, and cry poverty more than any other team, all the while, laughing while depositing your hard-earned money in their pockets. ORS...I guess when one organization calls the other the "Evil Empire", that's not bitching and complaining, but a legitimate term to describe fiscal irresponsibility, as defined by the team that got slighted? Go back to sleep.

If I was the Red Sox, I would forget Beltre. I would go after Bengie Molina, move Vmart to 1st, and Youk to 3rd. That gives you an amazing catcher, which is more important than an amazing third baseman [defensively]

Not necessarily. He loses his release point in the first inning sometimes.

Honestly...thank you for being about the only Sox fan here with a brain. You are one of the few who sees through your FO's ******** and wishes they'd get on the ball. Kudos to you.

Once again...IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THEY GOT BACK. The Braves offered arbitration to get a few picks for Soriano. When he accepted, they got rid of him at the first opportunity. Who they got is irrelevant. The fact that they didn't want him AT ALL for the money is the only relevant portion of this conversation. I'm not surprised you missed this, as you miss most things that aren't spoon-fed to you.

What's wrong with the deal? They simply didn't want Soriano at that price whatsoever. They would have traded him for a bar of soap. $7 million for a setup man on the Braves? Get real.

I wish. Don't knock it honey, it's the only way you'll ever make it out of Minnesota.

No other big market team cries like the Red Sox. You don't see the Braves complaining about the Phillies or the Mets. You don't see the Padres or Giants complaining about the Dodgers. You don't see the Brewers complaining about the Cubs. One thing is a guarantee. The Yankees make a move, any move, that's a splash, and the Red Sox cry...all the while collecting the highest or second highest ticket total as well as having their own defacto network. I'm not saying the Red Sox can compete with the Yankees financially. It's also true that no one can compete with the Red Sox's bitching, either.

Are you insane? Holy s***...you really think the Yankees are not PROFITABLE? Mods, ban this fool.