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Al C.risafulliI don't buy the argument about the Yankees buying their titles. LOTS of teams have big payrolls, and LOTS of teams overpay their players.
Jeter is the catalyst on the Yankees, and he has been that for ten seasons.
Odd to me that with people talking about the best team money can buy, it's Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano - along with Jeter - that kept the Yankees in it this year. It's Mariano Rivera, Bernie, Jeter, and Posada - all home-grown guys - that formed the nucleus of the club. And it's TRADES that have rounded out the bulk of the Yankee roster - I believe there are more free agent acquisitions on the Boston roster than on New York's.
-Al