The Red Sox Are Finished

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Do you really want me to pull out the 2004 roster and how those guys were acquired or will you spare me this lesson in futility? How many homegrown players were on that 2004 squad? Lets not be silly chuckers.

So signing Ortiz for peanuts after he was released, signing Wakefield after he was released for the ML min, buying Millars contract for 3 million, picking up Bellhorn for nothing, getting Varitek as a throw in in a trade, signing Mueller for 2 million a year or less than he was making the previous year, signing Foulke for 3 million, and trading for Pedro and Shilling is "buying" a championship?

Give me a break. They won with 1 big FA signing on the team, Manny. Try to spin the Pedro or Schilling trades all you want but they gave up players for them and didnt pay them more than market value. 3 starting pitchers Lowe, Wakefield and Arroyo won 36 games between them and made less than 9 million combined.

Acting like the 2004 team was "bought" ignores the facts.

The 05 White Sox had 4 players that played significant time Thomas, Crede, Rowand and Beuhrle that were "homegrown". Is anyone saying they "bought" a championship?