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...have the strongest Eastern Conference lineup, which may be a bit like being the tallest Munchkin, but it's still amazing for a sports town that seemed cursed for so long. Still, on the surprise scale these individual moves are dwarfed by the possibility of the Celts, Red Sox and Patriots celebrating championships at the Romney White House. That's Mark Madsen winning Dancing With the Stars-level insanity...
Yankee comparisons, not surprisingly, make the Boston brass uneasy. "We don't quite have the resources they do," says Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein. The Yankees payroll hit $195 million this year, still comfortably ahead of Boston's figure. "I don't buy into it," he says. Lucchino, standing in Boston's champagne-splattered clubhouse, fended off all Yankee talk. "We aren't the old Yankees, new Yankees, anybody's Yankees," he says. "We ain't trying to be no Yankees...
Where could Rodriguez land another Ruthian payday? Mike Lowell, the Red Sox third baseman and World Series MVP, is a free agent, and the team may not guarantee the 33-year-old a long-term deal. If Lowell leaves, the Sox would need a third baseman, the position A-Rod plays...
...then-reigning AL MVP. However, the player's union rejected the pay cut Rodriguez had agreed to take. The deal died. This time around, would the Sox meet A-Rod's demands, which might reach upwards of $30 million a year? When I asked Lucchino if the Red Sox would pursue the superstar, he responded: "I'm not going to approach that tonight...
...should listen to his fans. As Red Sox players caroused on Coors Field after winning the World Series, the Boston fans lingered to serenade their stars. Only one chant was louder than "Re-Sign Lowell!" - it was "Don't Sign...