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Originally Posted by moon
He is the same owner that has been so cheap lately that they lost out on top free agents to their hated rival and have now fallen back to 3rd in their division and an after thought in the American League. I am sure he loves the fact that he has all that extra money from not signing Holliday and instead going with the great defensive Mike Cameron instead.
Red Sox aren't even in the same discussion with the Rays right now and don't look like they will be for awhile.
But he now is able to say he is the owner of teams with the most obnoxious fans in two sports.
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So cheap? No, what he has done is trust in the new cutting edge in baseball, sabremetrics, which used 100s of statistics to determine things such as WAR(wins above replacement value) and, tERA(true era) for example and from there these statisticans determine what fair value is for that player.
The Red Sox allegedly offered 170M to Teixiera for example, but the Yankees just overpay every time.
There's been a willingness to spend when necessary, but they have a policy it seems that they won't go very far overboard for a player.
Now, they seem to overspend occasionally(in the case of Dice-K) but they've learned from that mistake.
Also, they've recently given Lackey 82.5m which isn't chump change.
What he has done is invest in youth. I believe the Sox are up there in spending on Latin American youth players, and they go overslot on draft picks. They have a top class academy, with past AL MVP Dustin Pedroia being a good example, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Clay Bucholz, and Jed Lowrie already playing a solid role on their club.
Similar to how City outbids everyone for any player they want, compared to Arsenal who invest heavily in youth players, and then spend when you're missing a part or 2.
And speaking of Arsenal, many are expecting NESV to be similar to Kroenke both transfer spending wise, and how the new stadium is dealt with.
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Highly successful?
LOL
I guess winning a race once and awhile and being a distant 3rd or 4th best team now makes you highly successful.
Although for Liverpool fans I guess 3/4 would look pretty great.
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I don't watch NASCAR, but from what I gather they are a financially healthy team, who compete for the top every race and supply engines to lower teams.
I assumed that was pretty good, and from what I've heard they aren't in that spot because Henry has closed the purse.