Red Sox : ADrama in Two Parts

This will be brief--Yes the Red Sox have put out some press that Matsuzaka is in danger of failing--they have themselves to thank for the mess they are in--they have set the value on this player by the size of the posting fee. $50M is hard to ignore--that's half a Carlos Lee, or 45% of a Beltran or Soriano-- of course those deals are for multiyears and at 5 years the Sox have already agreed to pay $10M per year. Add to that the salary(with no luxury tax) and you have a 18M/year player--whoa that puts the player salary below Lilly and Meche- Matsu is a Lilly and a Meche --so Pettitte money is called for --that would put Matsu at $27M per year for five years of a guy who's arm has been put through the Japan baseball wringer. Well as you all know, it is the Yankees who have caused all of this--well after all if the Yankees had signed Matsu they would have an edge in talent--well they didn't sign Matsu, they don't have an edge in talent; they haven't had an edge in talent since 1998. What we are seeing here is the Boston Drama Club at it's best -- like a five year old's imagination--creating monsters in the dark to scare itself then bravely sticking it's head out of the closet. The Red Sox will sign Matsuzaka and again send salaries spiraling upward( Like Manny six years ago) and again they will-with a straight face- BLAME THE YANKEES.