Red Sox hypocrisy
I wonder how the “poor” Red Sox and their fans are justifying the signings of John Lackey and Mike Cameron. All the John Henry talk of a salary cap and blasting the Yankees for spending too much money kind of rings hollow today. They are giving both Lackey and Cameron more than anyone else was willing to offer. So now that makes Dice-K, J.D. Drew, Cameron and Lackey as well as some guys in the bullpen as Red Sox mercenaries. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t see any problem with signing free agents. I do however have a problem with hypocrisy. All of the fans crying about the Yankees “buying” pennants is absolutely ridiculous. The Yankees operate within the rules just like Boston does. Players have to be paid based on past performance and future potential based on what the market dictates. So please no more whining from Sox fans about how much money the Yankees spend. The Sox do the same thing. They just don’t have as many star calibre players to pay.
Highlander Hilites 
That’s the spirit! You are right to criticize such hypocracy, if criticism is warranted. I know what your thinking and feeling “sir”. As for Henry, just suppose,…suppose he’s spending all that money but he’d rather not, but because the Yankees do, he has to. Now I know, that’s his problem! LOL. Too bad. I get it. But you also have to be a little more flexible in the notion that the Yankees, since Mr. Boss bought the club, has disrupted the economic landscape of baseball WITHIN a system of set rules and full compliance to them. Only the NYY can afford to pay free agent money on yearly purchases, pay premiums to retain their own grown talent, make trades which raise payroll further AND afford to make the numerous mistakes they’ve made for big money. There are perhaps 24 teams in baseball that can’t afford to make one mistake much less two (see Pavano, Igawa, etc. etc.). If your team, and to a small degree MINE also, doesn’t curb wonton spending, there will be no teams left to play. That’s a complete exaggeration, but you know what I’m saying. You are right in what you say, but I say it comes from blind love. I mean you no disrespect SIR. I say all this as a NYC Met fan AND RedSox fan, who for many reasons, keeps an eye on the Yankees. (by the way U.S.A. 1st CAV & 3 I.D. ’85-’90).
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