I would say that the Red Sox have a greater focus on developing home grown talent than the Yankees. Ellsbury, Pedroia, Youk, Lowrie, Lester, Papelbon, Buchholz, all coming out of the Sox system makes me feel better about the team than the Yankees strategy of just buying free agents every year.
That makes me feel a little better about the development of the team. However, I would have been OK with the Sox getting Mark Texiera this year... Steve -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Salemi Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 11:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Does it need to reach 30? Well, to be honest 2007 wasn't nearly as good for me as 2004. It couldn't be. Lately the whole process has become boring. Our admission to the playoffs is almost a given, and when we get there we play the same 4 teams over and over again. Frankly who cares. There was recently a discussion in the zeitgeist about whether Boston is becoming a "football town." I think this is ludicrous since football has no grass roots hold over our New England society. But, the question was raised and I think it's because the Patriots' dominance is more exciting than the Red Sox's dominance. The Patriots win because they are (Bill Belichick is) better at the game than other teams. The Red Sox win because they have more money than everyone else and can field a team of All Stars. Unless baseball fixes this problem, the whole question of playoffs and championships will slide into irrelevance for me. On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:56 AM, William Marino <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd rather buy another one. It felt good. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Salemi > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Does it need to reach 30? > > > Now that we have bought our championship, I want a more even league. > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Beaudoin, John > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'd rather see more parity. >> Even now that we have spenders for owners and the Sox will win more >> WS's, I still think it would be a better league with more parity. >> >> The Marlins bought theirs. >> Then the Sox bought theirs. >> Then the Yankees bought theirs. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Marino >> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:58 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Does it need to reach 30? >> >> >> The problem is that from a cash flow perspective, many baseball teams >> are not attractive investments for their owners. These guys rely on >> the increased equity values to justify their investments. If you put >> a salary cap in place, you are going to have a dramatic effect on the >> equity of the owners. >> >> I think football did it because there was not as big a difference in >> equity values between the teams. Not sure why that is. Maybe >> because it is a newer league?? Maybe having something to do with how >> the leagues expanded?? >> >> Besides, as Sox fans, do we really want a salary cap? I can stomach >> the Yankees winning twice per decade, as long as the Sox do too. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Salemi >> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 7:40 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Does it need to reach 30? >> >> >> Do the Yankees need to win 30 before we get a salary cap and fix this >> stupid league? >> >> -- >> Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity >> in Just 12 Weeks" >> www.leadingafteralayoff.com >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > > > > -- > Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity > in Just 12 Weeks" > www.leadingafteralayoff.com > > > > > > -- Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in Just 12 Weeks" www.leadingafteralayoff.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
