Showalter is a clown. He’s also trashed Keith Law in the past. He clearly has insecurities about the Ivy League invasion of MLB. Typical troglodyte who sees the old boys network crumbling and lashes out when really what he feels is fear.

he should get hooted on pretty good when he shows up at Fenway.

Buck Showalter forgot more about baseball then Francona knows. During the Strike season he was on his way to a World series title with the Yankees. Most everybody in baseball respects this guy, he is a smart baseball guy. With that said the Orioles beat the Sox like a drum last year. They are much improved and should beat them again this year. Sox fans & management should know about trashing people they trashed the Yankees for years, spending too much money, buying a title, there should be a salary cap. Whining for years, then they turn around and do all the same things they trashed the Yankees of doing. Its no wonder they were voted some of the worst fans in sports, they are the worst

Hey Babe, let me guess you think Yankee fans are the best sports fans in the world right? There are no moronic Yankee fans right?

The Yankees do spend more than the Red Sox, but who cares? The Sox can certainly compete with the payroll we have. The Red Sox are certainly not crying about no salary cap internally and knowledgeable Red Sox fans aren’t either.

Trust me, I am thankful there is no salary cap because the Red Sox can spend what they make to bring in top talent like Carl Crawford, just like the Yankees brought in a bunch of guys. If the Sox can find a way to make more money than the Yankees, then we can spend more. It makes baseball a truly capitalist sport and every Red Sox and Yankees fan should be happy there is no salary cap.

We pay higher ticket prices, beer prices, parking prices to see our team play but we are rewarded because the Red Sox spend their money to bring in top players.

Teams like Baltimore could spend more if they made more money. The small market teams need to stop whining because some of you’re teams are only able to make it financially off the money the Red Sox and Yankees give you for Luxury tax and merchandise sales (like caps and jerseys).

Baseball has always been this way and hopefully it will remain this way. Showalter is just giving an excuse for when his team does not make the postseason again because they have no starting pitching.

Baltimore could certainly compete with the Sox and NY. Angelos just chooses not to, as do many other teams in the sport. Camden Yards would sell out every night if they had a contending team. Cleveland is another example of owners deciding not to spend and ending up with a last place team and 15,000 people in the stands.

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