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Haha my point was that I wasn't saying anything rude to Dipre. I can see how he interpreted it that way, but it wasn't what I meant. It's just that the word choice could mean either what I was trying to say, and what Dipre had interpreted. Had I noticed that I would have been clearer the first time.

That wasn't what I meant. I was saying "Can you make one" as to encourage you to make one, as in "Can you please make one" NOT to question your ability in making one, or as in "Can you actually create one" I thought that my intention was clear, but after reading your post I can see how you interpreted it the way you did. I simply meant that "Can you go ahead and make one anyway"

Can you make one anyway?

I think that I may be too dark to be allowed in. Whereas Bsox can get in on scholarship.

Who wouldn't want to transfer to the University of Scalabrine?

Give it time Palodios, the new 2011 superlatives don't come out until December.

They should name the city of Boston after him. Or at least name a college after him.

Brian Scalabrine. Oh wait, we were talking about baseball?

Haha and then compare the teams per payroll efficiency, and the Yankees are even less "clearly superior" than they were before.

Same thing happened when I went with a roomate to a Knicks/Celtics PRESEASON game. Whenever he entered the game, my friend and I would stand up and yell "SCAL-A-BREEN-E" and get the crowd going. Granted, we were both making fun of his cult following in Boston, but I don't think that the Celtics fans picked up on that, even if my roommate was in his Knicks gear and I had my Spurs Jersey and fitted. And god forbid that Scalabrine made a 3 (which he did) because it was almost as if the Red Sox won the World Series again. The place went nuts for a few minutes, long after Scalabrine had been called back to the bench.

I thought you liked it when they were long and massive Emmz.

I think that's more of a sign that the player in question wasn't worth the money rather than the Yankees not having it. If the players were worth the money then I don't see the Yankees thinking twice about signing them. No "signing limit" is going to stop Steinbrenner from getting their man. Sometimes I see the Yankees signing a player like it's having sex with Kobe Bryant. You can kick and scream all you want, but it's going to happen.

I think that a lot of those statements are true Y228 or at least carry some truth, it's just that they are not ALWAYS true, and they are certainly not absolute.

I mean if one person tries to use A-rod and his 32 million salary as a tactic to try and undermine the actual salary difference, then why can't one use the salaries of 32 $1 million players and then say that the difference is worth 32 players. It's a faulty comparison and can be used either way.

I know, but you "arbitrarily" chose the most expensive player in baseball, and "arbitrarily" assumed that the Red Sox would be willing to trade Youkilis (and his salary) for A-rod (and his salary). The "formula" you came up with is completely irrelevant for this discussion and seems like a quick way to try and mask the real difference in salaries.

They did, but the Phillies really handcuffed themselves in a way that the Yankees wouldn't have by signing Lee, not to mention the fact that the Phillies also look to regress in offense by losing Werth. So it's not always that the Yankees are the only ones that can sign FA's, but it's that they are the only ones that can CONSISTENTLY sign FA's every year. No matter what the year, the Yankees are always buyers. The ability to sign FA's is but one facet of the advantage to having a large payroll gap. Flexibility to trade is another, dominating the international market is another. There are probably another dozen advantages that the Yankees have over other teams.

The difference amounts to a little over 45 million. Now, EVEN if you're the Yankees, that's more than a 1 player difference. I think it's kind of funny that you'd opt to take the most expensive player in baseball from the Yankees and dump him on the Red Sox to make the tide shift nearly $60 million in order to make it seem like a small cap. I think that if you were an accountant that you'd be in jail right about now. We aren't going to fall for that fake trick. To any team other than the Yankees, a 45 million difference is quite a lot. That's certainly more than 1 player. In addition, look at the Yankees payroll vs. most other teams in baseball. That'll be WELL over $45 million difference, and well over "1 player" even if it is the most expensive player in baseball. Even look at 2009, the Yankees payroll was 201.5 million, whereas the Red Sox were at 121.75 million. That's a 79.75 million difference, well over 2 A-rod's (or about 6 normal players). Not to mention that this is the difference between the highest payroll and the 2nd-4th highest payroll. It'd be one thing if that was the gap between the highest payroll and the lowest payroll, but that's just the gap between first and 2nd (although the Red Sox aren't always 2nd highest either)

I also don't think that it's a hard limit. For example, the limit may have an effect on free agent signings, but if the Yankees have a hole or two in their roster, then they've shown that they will go over that original limit by absorbing the contracts of players via trades by the deadline. The Yankees checkbook is like the Blob, it just keeps eating everything. I swear that the Yankees write checks about as much as the White House does.

....by a considerable amount.

Is it illegal to throw in blowjobs with trades? I'm just wondering how Cashman seems to swindle other teams with trades that should be vetoed whereas Theo often has to grind out trades just to break even.

If Cashman can get Liriano with Joba, then we should hire him to trade our way out of our national budget deficit.

If it was JD Drew he would have retired.

Fact: Only Celtics fans think that he's good.

Haha could you imagine if someone edited the Wikipedia page and said that Brian Scalabrine was coming back. It'd be as if the Red Sox won another World Series.

They have a team in Minnesota?