I know why you Red sox fans never want to talk about the past coz they never won a championship before. Oh yeas let?s not talk about the history, let?s forget what Cy Young, Ted Williams, Doerr, YAZ, Wade Boggs, Clemens, Vaughn and Nomar duty for you Red Sox fan, NO??? I know Pedro, Schilling, Manny and Ortiz should be shrine as the greatest Red Sox players coz they brought you the championship this year :=) Comparing between Ortiz and Nomar ? Nomar is still a better player than Ortiz and demand more money than Ortiz. Let?s not forget Nomar declined $15 mil per year contract from Red Sox earlier this year. He is still a valuable team and will help a team (whichever) next year tremendously. I don?t think you can judge any players with one or two year performance. Nomar is a complete player who plays Short Stop who can switch to DH in his late 30s ;) Proud said ?TO wins some championships we brought THEO? >>> let?s not go too far ahead. I would rather talk about the baseball past then your dream for the future. Dude, Only three (offense and defense) great players are coming back from your championship roster (many, Ortiz and schilling) I would have said you had better chances if they were to bring back all players. It?s like counting chicken before they are hatched ;) you also said ?HEY AX, name some franchises who are operating just in order to bag some money. Ask their fans if that's true??? You make me laugh. Of course the OWners buy the clubs in order to cash$$$$ but that doesn't mean they do not put in effort to win games and ultimately the Championships?? Name one such club and I will try to figure out what you meant??? >>> Montreal Expos, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners - None of the above team ever keeps the star players. Brewers always tops the Baseball greedy owner list. Milaukee is smallest baseball market and make profit and gets more money from baseball revenue sharing, which I think is absurd. No wonder Commisnor Bud Selig pushed so much for revenue sharing. Your another point being BOSS, the richest owner in the baseball. You are WRONG brother. Here?s the few Baseball team owner names Atlanta Braves ? AOL time Warner (need to tell more about them?) Hiroshi Yamauchi ? Seattle Mariners. He is worth 1.4 billion dollars. Celveland Indians - Dolan family. They are worth more than 2 billion dollars. Huston Astros ? Robert McLane. He is worth of $1.2 billion. About Red Sox and the championship ? The first they won as a Boston American and the 2nd one as a Boston Red Sox. Are you implying Boston Red Sox is changing their club name as well??? Hmmm first win was in 1903 (???) and 2nd one was in 1912, NO??? You said ?Yankees always bid for the best players available, they usually get them as well. That's nothing new. SO, there's no need to name all the players in your rooster or the ones that might leave/join.? >>> too bad you can?t say about your Red Sox. That?s why I pride myself being a Yankees fans. It?s not Yankees wanting them the star players, its other way around. It?s the star players who wants to play for Yankees and its tradition, else ask Clemens, Boggs and Nomar ;) **************************************************************** Congratualtion Willie Randolph. He is hired as the next METS manager. He truly deserves it. He did a great job with Yankees as a player, third base coach and bench coach. Thanks for the rings and the leadership. Yankees fans is going to miss his presence..... Wish you the best.......