the red sox never traded away babe ruth.

Perhaps, unknowingly, ColHogan was being kind.  
Ruth was sold for cash so the Bosox owner could finance the "No No Nanette" broadway play. Talk about priorities!  

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Sorry to inject levity here but since the Bosox last won the World Series in 1918, they've appeared in the Fall Classic 4 times and have lost each Series in 7 games.
Now that is brutal!

The sox sold ruth because they were in financial distress
the boston red sox always had bad management thats because the big wigs up top called all the plays they never wanted to give the managers full control

I am well aware of the truth
and every year the sox put on a good show and fizzle out
not they are holding on to try to get the wild card
The redsox will never catch the yankees

and i dont want to hear that yankees but the series ect.....

Because the redsox had the highest paid team salery last year and the year before
hogan

thats because they plain stink and the years they got there there was no stiff competition like today
hogan

Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Baseball payrolls as of Aug. 31, 2002 as determined by the commissioner's office. Totals for active players include prorated shares of signing bonuses and All-Star bonuses, but not other earned incentive bonuses. Deferred income is discounted to reflect the interest rate.
Teams                   Active  Term. Pay         Total
N.Y. Yankees       $132,029,757 $1,400,000  $133,429,757
Boston    108,099,535  2,150,000   110,249,535
Texas               105,915,190  1,000,000   106,915,190
Arizona      103,078,877    450,000   103,528,877
Los Angeles    101,479,889     25,000   101,504,889



1. MLB - 2001

1 NY Yankees $125.9
2 Boston 108.4
3 Texas 105.3
4 Arizona 102.8
5 Los Angeles 94.9