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Did your dad ever say lets talk and then gave you some money. I don’t think so. Recently the Boston Red Sox paid the Siebo Lions $51 million dollars for the right to talk to their star pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. I think it is universally agreed upon that is the most mony anyone has ever been paid for the right of a desparate party to talk to them. However this large expendature seems wrong in so many ways. Firstly, the Boston Red Sox deemed $45 million too much for their former ace, and one of the best pitchers in baseball hitory, Pedro Martinez. They also refused to pay Johnny Damon more than he’s worth. In fact, throughout the history of baseball the Red Sox have not been willing to go the distance for their team. Yet all of a sudden, Epstein has bottomless pockets and we will be paying $50 million for a back up player. Pocket change to the new Red Sox, considereng $50 million covers about three Fenway Franks and two beers. However if the Red Sox are now willing to pay old, broken players like J.D. Drew more money than Johnny Damon, and more money to talk to an unprven young gun than a proven hall of famer, like Pedro Martinez, maybe people will continue to pay these outrageous prices to relive the dream of 2004. But if the Red Sox finish in 3rd place again this year, I guarantee you the ante will only be upped by Epstein and the owners.



On a new side story, the New York Yankess, have paid the Hanshin Tigers $25 million to talk to their star pitcher Kei Igawa This is noteworthy, because it is half of what the Red Sox paid, and chances are he will double the nubers of Daisuke Matsuzaka because with Boston and New York, that is the status quo.