since i was home, i couldn't find the time to properly rant. but, i emailed myself a list of topics. here's the first:

How do we know that "money is no object" for the yanks other than their (and other teams') payroll?

Ok, we all know that the yank's pay roll will be 185 million and that it's like 50 million more than the redsox. But, what else do we know? Ok, the yanks play in the biggest market, but so do the mets. How come their payroll gets capped at around 90 million. Yes, the yankees generate the biggest revenue, but how much of that is because of the fact that they win? If mo vaughn put up mvp numbers and the mets were celebrating their second championship in three years, how do we know that they wouldn't be in the same place as the yankees. Do we "know" that the redsox couldn't afford arod? Boston might be smaller than nyc, but doesn't boston basically get all of new england all to itself. What if they marketed themselves better? And why couldn't a team owned by Disney afford to put out a better team (granted, they won the ws that one year but they were a fluke).

I think all this talk of money is pointless. Until they "open up the books" we'll never know if these teams crying poor really have a claim. George wants to win, plain and simple. Does he have an advantage playing in nyc? sure. But i don't know if you can JUST look at payrolls to determine how much of an advantage they have.

So, until someone proves to me otherwise, i'll assume that there is no advantage to being a yankee (ha!)