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Jacko Defense Team on the prowl. In the end, nobody knows what's wrong with Ellsbury until the official report comes back. It's like identifying pitches through the TV screen.

When i feel like it, really. I like Ortiz and appreciate what he has done for this team, so i'll stand behind him for as long as possible.

Scutaro leading off plz. Both Drew and Pedey hate to lead off.

Don't second-guess Coco. He's always happy with a walk, they keep the line moving.

Declaring victory? This is not a battle for the supremacy of the teams. I argue because i believe in what i'm arguing.

I need an example of a player that the Yanks were set on acquiring that the Sox got. Which is why i use the "When the Yankees really want a player" caveat. Because, when the Yankees really want a player, they get him. (Jason Giambi, Sabathia, Teixeira, A-Rod, Pavano, Wright, Contreras, among others). "Incredible financial lengths" when compared to who? Because the fact that the Yankees signed this player at a rate that is slightly beyond the Sox' realm of possibility is still an effective showing of their financial advantage, but we already know that, so i see no base for the argument. To say it's unlikely isn't true, either. They have a set price for players, driving the price up while handcuffing themselves if, by a miracle the player ends up taking their offer is not a smart move, because, until this year, the only team without financial constraints was the Yankees. Trying to state otherwise is ignoring the elephant in the room. We agree on this, but why? Because other teams have a problem getting "stuck" with players because they actually had a payroll "ceiling", which the Yankees didn't have until apparently this off-season.

Ah, the usual strawman. Well done Gom. See, unless you have some actual concrete evidence (which neither you, nor Edes, nor me have) of the way the negotiations went down, that is exactly what it is. ********.

Name me one player the Yankees and Red Sox have both tried to acquire that has gone to the Red Sox in the last decade (Daisuke being the notable exception given the nature of the negotiations.) When the Yankees want a player, they get him, they overpay if they have to, and you can multiply that by two if the player is also on the Sox' radar. Can't see any grounds where you can dispute that.

Second that.

*Yawn* Edes is working based on pure conjecture, just like you do. I'm now waiting for an article on framing pitches by him. The sox put a value on players, in both cases, the Yankees exceeded said value, and the Sox weren't willing to go into a bidding war with the Yanks which they were obviously going to lose, because, unlike you, they use, you know, logic.

I'm wanted: Dead or Alive.

Varitek always starts strong, then falters. What in the blue hell are you talking about?

Nay. PWNdroia easily takes the cake.

Who the f*** is Dusty Hughes? *sigh* V-Mart's killing me here.....

suns, i know you're trying to lighten the mood, but that makes zero sense. Zero sense.

Scutaro is useful.

Ankiel made an out.....The Beast has been slain!!!!!!

What the f*** was Butler thinking, taking strike three right.down.the middle. Lol.

Just like every other team in MLB. Including the Yankees.

Greinke's rattled.