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Sunday, October 21, 2007

What $143M Will Get You: Red Sox 11, Indians 2

Better pitching, better hitting, and a front office that has a plan and sticks to it.

One of these days, Manny and Ortiz are going to fall apart. Unfortunately, if the last few games are any indication, it won't much matter. Dustin Pedroia, 3-for-5 with 5 RBIs? Are you kidding me? Kevin Youkilis, also 3-for-5, and both with a home run?

And then there's Josh Beckett, who was caught warming up in the pen but never got called on.

They'll be blabbing for a while in Cleveland about the lost opportunity in the seventh: Kenny Lofton reached on a routine pop that the wind blew just out of the reach of Pedroia. But then, it just didn't matter, as the third base coach held up Lofton inexplicably. Boston then turned it into a laugher in the eighth with six more runs that buzzed by like an inexorable steamroller. That's what I figure they'll do to the Rockies, so we've probably got four games left of baseball.

One of these days, the Angels might stand a chance against these guys, but I just don't know if it's going to be in my lifetime.

Congratulations (I guess) to the team that's only $50M or so shy of becoming an Evil Empire of their own.

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Boston's payroll is $143 million plus, or about $50 million shy of the Yank's.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/salaries?team=bos
 
Wow, must've been looking at the 2006 numbers.
 
The BoSox sure look good right now, but keep in mind that this is a team that didn't even make the postseason last year, and whose starting rotation for 2008 looks (for the time being) to be a bit iffy after Josh Beckett, unless you're convinced that Matsuzaka, Lester & Buchholz can do it over 162 games. Oh, and I believe Manny's contract expires after next year, and FA-to-be Lowell is getting up there. They're not as invincible as they look.
 

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