[Highlander]

Any big name players who people think are going to leave their current teams are always rumored to be going to the Yankees. When in reality, they don't usually end up there (starting pitchers may be an exception). They tend to spend most of their money resigning their own players and on signing foreign players.

I laugh when I see that comment from Pedro Martinez about the Yankees trying to buy the whole league. When you compare the current rosters of the Yankees and the Red Sox.....who has really bought more of the league? Including foreign players, the Yankees have 9 players that they originally signed (Pettitte, Rivera, Soriano, Jeter, Hitchcock, Posada, Matsui, Williams, Johnson). The Red Sox, if I counted correctly, have a total of 2 (Nomar and Trot). Every other player on the Red Sox was acquired either through a trade or "bought" as a free agent. Yet, all Boston fans do is complain every time the Yankees make a deal for a player. How do they think their team was created?? The Yankees obviously spend the most money of everyone. However, they spend a lot of it trying to keep their original players with them as long as possible. Something many other teams don't do.....