Matsuzaka- Very Interesting

The Red Sox have won the Matsuzaka skirmish of their 100 year war between the Yankees and Red Sox- frankly the Yankees ought to be more worried about Detroit. The Red Sox added Matsuzaka to an already stellar pitching staff- Schill-Beckett-Wakefield- Papelbon was already a dominant big four adding Matsuzaka as a 5th guy is ridiculous if it limits them in finding offense and defense. They have Varitek, Ortiz, Manny, and Lowell in the 3,4,5 and 6 spots in the order and that is great. They still have Coco Crisp and Youkilis. They need a LF, SS and 2B and Soriano is out there for them to thrill the fans and he would smoke the left field wall. The money spent on Matsuzaka could have gotten Soriano and Clement could have been traded for a closer to say Baltimore( for Ray) or to a NL club like Houston for Lidge-- there are a lot of deals out there for what little they need--BUT NOOOOO they had to go mess up the Yankee bid for Matsuzaka. Well they could always eat the costs and try to trade Matsuzaka to Texas for -say- Teixera--but if they don't sign Matsuzaka they still win and that is bad for baseball even among friends like the Commissioner and the owner of the Red Sox-- evidently the Japanese club needs the cash or they wouldn't be out there selling their version of Sandy Koufax . If it is a block, it could cost the Red Sox $90 Million over five years-that $ could have been used to beat the Yankees on the the field.