Originally posted by Aristotle
I love, and think it is great, but it raises one more question for me.

If Boston wins it all (they are what, #2 in payroll?) does it invalidate any of this?
Yes and no. The Sox are #2 in payroll I believe - #3, 4, and 5, who are the Angels, the White Sox, and I forget the 5th - are all fairly close together; $120M, $105M, and $104M - something on par with one another. The Yankees top out around 200 million now. They're still 166% of their next nearest competitor, whereas the Red Sox are only 113% or so their next nearest. The question, I supose, is if that 50% or so relative differential is enough to strike you as material. I think it is, but I'm not even really a baseball fan so much as a Yankee hater - so I'll leave whether or not it truly is one to others who know much more than I do.