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Originally Posted by BaptistInCrisis Come on Fred. Yes, the Sox have a 100 million dollar payroll. So what? The Yankees, Mets, Cubs and Angels are there too. Boston is a baseball town. I'm a Met fan but I like Varitek, Schilling and Youkalis.
Oh, and by the Sox winning it just increases the angst of Yankee fans. I love it. | The Sox are exactly like the Yankees. What team could pay $50 millions dollars just to negotiate with a player? The Sox payroll is actually $143 million, which is $30 million more than the next team on the scale (or the entire Marlins payroll). To put it in perspective, Boston's payroll - which does not include the $50million paid to the Japanese - is about the same as the Rockies, Diamondbacks and Indians combined. If you include the money to the Japanese, the Boston payroll this year is $11 more than the Yankees.
Everyone gripes about how the large Yankee payroll ruins baseball, but Boston is just as big a culprit. And yes, the Angels are to blame too. So are the White Sox. This salary issue, and paying stiffs huge sums of money, has ruined baseball.
For the record - even before this season, the Sox and the Yankees disgust me. I would like nothing better than for these payroll monsters to go 50 years without making the playoffs, and their owners losing millions per year. | Fred - there is no virtue in being a mid to small market team. If the owner of the Marlins had the resources he would spend the money. Same with the Devil Rays, Rockies, Royals etc. I'm a Met fan, not because the Mets do/don't spend money but because I grew up with Seaver, Koosman, Agree, Grote and Harrelson. I'm still a Met fan even though I agree with you that uncontrolled spending has ruined the game for many. But remember - baseball is a business. The large market teams have the regional television deals and can justify their outlandish cash outlays for the A-Rod's of the world.
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