Uncommon Opinions

[TripleCrown9]

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and Yankees players are grossly overpaid.

I fixed that for you dude.

[ImTellinTim]

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I fixed that for you dude.

Boston fan is really going to go there?

[AUChase]

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Boston fan is really going to go there?

As a casual baseball fan who often refers to it as basebawl, even I find this funny

[TripleCrown9]

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Boston fan is really going to go there?

The Red Sox have never signed anyone to a 10 year/$275 million contract.

The biggest contracts the Sox have signed recently, albeit the two players aren't on the team anymore, were Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford.

Gonzalez's contract extension was 7 years/$154 million, and Crawford signed for 7 years/$142 million.

Those are still huge contracts in comparison to other sports, but nowhere near what New York pays for players. More examples include Mark Texiera at 8 years/$180 million, Jeter at 10 years/$189 million, Sabathia at 7 years/$161 million (the largest contract for a pitcher in MLB history), hell even Ichiro was on the list of Top 25 Highest Paid Players of 2012 making 18 million last season.

[kingkilla56]

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Boston sucks.

[ImTellinTim]

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The Sox had the 3rd highest payroll in the league on Opening Day last year.

[Lieutenant Dan]

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This thread is about to go Code Red.

Save us, Tebow!

[areobee401]

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The Red Sox have never signed anyone to a 10 year/$275 million contract.

The biggest contracts the Sox have signed recently, albeit the two players aren't on the team anymore, were Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford.

Gonzalez's contract extension was 7 years/$154 million, and Crawford signed for 7 years/$142 million.

Those are still huge contracts in comparison to other sports, but nowhere near what New York pays for players. More examples include Mark Texiera at 8 years/$180 million, Jeter at 10 years/$189 million, Sabathia at 7 years/$161 million (the largest contract for a pitcher in MLB history), hell even Ichiro was on the list of Top 25 Highest Paid Players of 2012 making 18 million last season.

Please do not try and justify Boston's spending habits. Sox fans get enough heat as it is.

[TripleCrown9]

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Please do not try and justify Boston's spending habits. Sox fans get enough heat as it is.

I'm not justifying anything. All I'm trying to say is that while most MLB players are paid too much, New York is synonymous with over-paying.

EDIT: And the Angels are starting to get there, with Pujols' 10/$254 million deal and on a smaller scale Josh Hamilton's 5 year/$125 million contract. Not to mention Vernon Wells' backloaded contract that made him the 2nd highest paid player last season.

[Dog]

Lol at the last few posts.

[TheShizNo1]

Wow. It's like the baseball version of Bama/Auburn. They derail threads and make them about themselves the same way. Cool.

[TripleCrown9]

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Man, whatever. I'm not trying to derail anything. I posted an apparently very uncommon opinion about the Yankees overpaying players, and now I'm just defending that opinion. Just like everyone else is doing with the things they post.

[NYJets]

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Man, whatever. I'm not trying to derail anything. I posted an apparently very uncommon opinion about the Yankees overpaying players, and now I'm just defending that opinion. Just like everyone else is doing with the things they post.

LOL stop pretending that's why people are getting on you. Yankees have overpaid a lot of guys but a Red Sox fan shouldn't be singling anyone out. Quit before you fall further behind.

[Fly3]

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Simply put, you're not winning in the NBA without a top 5 (top 3?) player.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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^Exceptions, not the rule.

You're better than that, now. And weren't Paul Pierce and KG considered Top 5(or Top 3)at their positions at the time too??