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Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield, Danny Tartabull, Darryl Strawberry, Jimmy Key, Wade Boggs, Jason Giambi, Mike Mussina, Jose Contreras, El Duque, Hideki Matsui, David Wells, Gary Sheffield, and many others I can't think of right now.
Argue what you will about the above list of names, but when the Yankees signed these guys, most were at the top of their game or key components to their World Series runs.
Now, compare all of those names to the likes of Matt Young, Nick Esasky, Manny Ramirez, Andre Dawson, Jack Clark, Ramiro Mendoza, and Johnny Damon. The Red Sox trade for whatever talent the Yankees don't go after or don't care about.
Although I would agree the Sox went out and bought Ramirez, given the long history of the Yankees BUYING their World Series rings, I think one significant free agency signing in 30 years (Manny Ramirez) is not really buying anything, but keeping the Sox in relative contention with the Yankees.
Oh, and BigBlueWrecking, there's no need of name calling here; save that for the bleachers.
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