B-I-N-G-O!

The Triumphant Red Sox Fan is one of my dearest friends.  She’s also one of the most savvy people I know when it comes to baseball (actually, most other topics as well!).  She should be working for ESPN. 

She has written a wonderful breakdown of the Matsuzaka bidding and possible signing over at her blog.  Honestly, I haven’t read anything anywhere else that spells it out as well as Kelly does over at her blog.  I encourage you to go read it in full.  I’ll post an excerpt here to whet your appetite.

None of this economic logic will sway those who insist on lumping John Henry and George Steinbrenner into the same category. Such people don’t understand that Henry and Steinbrenner may both be rich, but Henry has shown more fiscal restraint and business sense than Steinbrenner, who has apparently been spending baseball’s historically most successful team in America’s biggest media market to a loss. While Steinbrenner is willing to pay not only stratospheric payroll but also luxury tax dollars for which he gets nothing in return, the Red Sox ownership has made a decidedly calculated expenditure that, they know from the Yankees’ and Mariners’ experiences, will pay off in real dollars. How many dollars depends on Matsuzaka’s success with Boston.

Kelly makes some excellent points…and has me even more excited about the possibilities that come along with this deal.