(AP) The Boston Red Sox have won exclusive negotiation rights with Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka by bidding $51.1 million dollars. This bid is larger than the payrolls of 6 major league teams, and is about $1 million dollars larger than the combined payrolls of the Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. This figure does not include the estimated $75 million dollars it will take to sign Mr. Matsuzaka to a contract.
This bid should also effectively end the narcissistic underdog posing Red Sox fans have used as an excuse to explain away their sustained mediocrity over the past 80 years and stop the incessant bitching about the Yankees payroll.
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I enjoyed the commentary Big Y. F*cking Sox. Did you hear about the supposed "gyroball"?
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