I\'ve been gone for a bit, but one thing I missed that I have to say something about: mjps21983 saying the Red Sox have nearly as many resources as the Yanks.
That is so incredibly far from being true. The Yankees make more than the Sox by a whole hell of a lot. The Sox have a smaller stadium, so they can\'t sell as many tickets (they do sell out every game). The TV base is one of the huge differences though. The NY area is so much bigger than the Boston one that the broadcasting revenue generated by the Yanks is much larger than that of the Sox. There are tons of other factors, but yeah, there is no way that any other team has close to the resources of the Yanks.
And trust me, if the Sox could support a pay roll the size of the Yanks, they\'d use it to try to beat them.
And as for comparing the staffs, don\'t make me laugh.