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Message: [QUOTE="grepal, post: 50777, member: 1121"] It makes good business sense to try and hurt your competition. Other teams trying to harm the Yankees by making them pay more in years and or $ than they want to is really only illusory. The Yankees, if they want to, can spend 100,000,000.00 more than anyone else, including Boston and still have greater revenue than the other teams. Let's say the Yankees are forced to spend 35 million a year for 7 years to keep CC, and that after year two he is an overweight AJ Burnett. Does anyone seriously believe the Yankees can not afford to spend through the contract. Come on, don't kid yourself into thinking that anyone except the Yankees can ever hurt them. Not saying they will always win, we know they wont. Having the Yankees to hate is part of what makes being a Red Sox fan so alluring. Any year the Sox win is just a huge bonus. Don't forget for 86 years the Sox could never beat the Yankees. It just made the victory sooooo sweet. [/QUOTE]