I was a shade off, but still. Match Boston's against that, add in the 50 Mill, to get to talk to Dice K and Id say its pretty close. The Billion dollar deal from the YES network, helps the Yanks. But like STeinbrenner says, all the owners have a lot of money, they arent scraping by, he just chooses to spend his money on his favorite thing, his ball club. And they abide by every rule of the MLB. Boston finally got smart and started doing the same thing, but facts are, the same core players are still there for the Yankees. The pitching makes or breaks you. Since The Sandman was setting up John Wettland, to David COne, to the ROcket, to Andy. Pitching wins, Boston didint get that till they started getting Pedro, Schilling, etc.