Like we are laughing at the CC, Tex, Arod, Ells... hold on gotta catch my breath.... Taz, McCaan and Beltran deals? 4 and 5 year deals Jacko, that is the difference between how the Sox do business and how the Yanks do business. High AAV and shorter length. If the Yanks adopted this philosophy they would be in so much better shape right now. That said they may break this philosophy to get Lester. But breaking it once is better than breaking it pretty much every time they sign some player... like the Yankees continue to do.