I sure wish there was a "are you ready to submit" warning so when I accidentally hit the enter key while typing I don't end up sending a blank message.

Anyway...

The Yankees can overpay older players and not worry about "next year", because if a Brown or the Unit or Bernie Williams prove washed up, they just buy whoever they want the following year. They have no need to build a team piece by piece like the other teams. Money allows them to go for it every year and ignore age.

That is what is wrong with baseball.

Imagine PB if at the start of the FA draft the strongest team in the league was given its choice of any 5 players they wanted and knew they would be allowed to do the same every year? Player age would not be important to a team like that, only likely performance in the current season. Next year just buy a new batch of Giambi's, Randy Johnson's, Pavano's, Matsui's, & Sheffield's & A-Rod's.

The Red Sox didn't curse the Yankees alone. Anyone who likes an even playing field curses the Yankees.