2011年1月17日星期一

Nowhere has that point been more belabored

ENORMOUS talent gap that separates the haves from the have nots; the princes from the paupers.Nowhere has that point been more belabored than Corum 02120.012014 with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, particularly once Boston started actually, y'know, winning championships (novel!), and the mob who decries their unfair practices have been fortunate enough to receive more ammunition to support their lusty cries of inequality lately.

As you certainly know by now, the Red Sox have acquired two of the biggest pieces available this winter in LF Carl Crawford and 1B Adrian Gonzalez.Crawford, a free agent, will receive around $142MM over the length of his 7 year contract; Gonzalez will receive relative peanuts, but all expectations are that a…how to put this…lucrative extension is in forthcoming.Clearly, this is just another example of a big budget team pillaging from the lower rungs of the Corum Bubble Quartz Watch league in this case, a Rays team that's had to let both Crawford and 1B Carlos Pena depart for financial reasons and a Padres squad that has no illusions about bth the true talent level beneath last year's 90 win team and the immense contract Gonzalez would command after the 2011 season.

Right?Let me put it simply for you: Wrong.Is there a disparity between rich and poor teams? Sure.But…isn't kind of communistic to demand a system that puts everyone on the same playing field? Why would that be fun? If you'll allow me a bit of an argumentative tangent, then hang on for the ride here.The tenet of the imaginary argument that I'm now constructing is the following: the NFL's enormous success in the past decade plus is proof Replica Tag Heuer Ayrton Senna watches positive that parity works.To which I respond: have you watched football this year? If that's parity, then parity?sucks.Because with the exception of a couple teams from each conference, everyone has been, more or less, outright bad, and I can't see how that's a fun thing.

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