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Originally Posted by Chief Rum
Meaning they are much lower than the Sox right now, right?
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Not really. 133-119 in '08 (and far closer after the Manny trade, it may be a dead heat at the moment). You complaining about the Red Sox is far worse than a Red Sox fan complaining about the Yankees (where the difference was 209-133). The difference between the Red Sox and Yankees (76) is the same difference as between the Red Sox and the Royals.
I don't think any of it's "unfair", because that's the system we're in, but I'm just correcting the idea that it's Yanks/Sox, then everyone else. Sox were #4 in payroll last year, and in the ballpark of the White Sox/Angels/Cubs, especially after the Manny trade.