Don't get too excited
Should the Boston Red Sox win the World Series (and at the writing of this post, it looks extremely probable, seeing as its 3-0 in the bottom of the eighth), the Curse of the Bambino will be officially broken. Prepare for the Curse of the Bam-bean-o (listen, it's late, that's the best I've got).
There seems to be a belief that the Red Sox winning will be sweet justice, as they not only defeated George Steinbrenner's Evil Empire to win the World Series, but that they came back from three games down (which no team has ever done) and then swept the 100th World Series. But, really, is there any real difference between the Yankees and the Red Sox?
The teams had the first and second highest opening day payrolls in baseball, with a combined cost of just over $308 million. New York's payroll is about $57 million higher than Boston's, and Boston's is another $50 million higher than St. Louis (11th).
Both teams have all-star calibre pitching rotations, that could, at the drop of the hat, all go on the DL at any time - Mike Mussina and Kevin Brown. Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling. Jon Lieber. Tim Wakefield.
Both teams overspent on a player that hasn't produced up to potential and spends a lot of time moping (Manny Ramirez and Derek Jeter, and don't get me started on A-Rod).
The major difference between the two teams, of course, is in the front office. Steinbrenner has no real idea what he's doing, so he just opens his wallet, and Boston owner John Henry is just trying to keep pace. New York GM Brian Cashman generally goes out and gets who The Boss wants, Boston GM Theo Epstein falls in that Beane-Ricciardi-De Podesta category of the "New GM".
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Well, the Red Sox just won, so now the "Impossible Dream" has come true. The team with the $125 million payroll managed to win, and the second highest paid player in baseball was named the World Series MVP. Thank God it wasn't the Yankees, they give baseball a bad name.
At least Bill Buckner can get his first good night's sleep in 18 years.
Should the Boston Red Sox win the World Series (and at the writing of this post, it looks extremely probable, seeing as its 3-0 in the bottom of the eighth), the Curse of the Bambino will be officially broken. Prepare for the Curse of the Bam-bean-o (listen, it's late, that's the best I've got).
There seems to be a belief that the Red Sox winning will be sweet justice, as they not only defeated George Steinbrenner's Evil Empire to win the World Series, but that they came back from three games down (which no team has ever done) and then swept the 100th World Series. But, really, is there any real difference between the Yankees and the Red Sox?
The teams had the first and second highest opening day payrolls in baseball, with a combined cost of just over $308 million. New York's payroll is about $57 million higher than Boston's, and Boston's is another $50 million higher than St. Louis (11th).
Both teams have all-star calibre pitching rotations, that could, at the drop of the hat, all go on the DL at any time - Mike Mussina and Kevin Brown. Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling. Jon Lieber. Tim Wakefield.
Both teams overspent on a player that hasn't produced up to potential and spends a lot of time moping (Manny Ramirez and Derek Jeter, and don't get me started on A-Rod).
The major difference between the two teams, of course, is in the front office. Steinbrenner has no real idea what he's doing, so he just opens his wallet, and Boston owner John Henry is just trying to keep pace. New York GM Brian Cashman generally goes out and gets who The Boss wants, Boston GM Theo Epstein falls in that Beane-Ricciardi-De Podesta category of the "New GM".
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Well, the Red Sox just won, so now the "Impossible Dream" has come true. The team with the $125 million payroll managed to win, and the second highest paid player in baseball was named the World Series MVP. Thank God it wasn't the Yankees, they give baseball a bad name.
At least Bill Buckner can get his first good night's sleep in 18 years.
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