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“I’d like to see how smart Theo Epstein is with the Tampa Bay Rays payroll. You got Carl Crawford ‘cause you paid more than anyone else, and that’s what makes you smarter? That’s why I like whipping their butt. It’s great, knowing those guys with the $205 million payroll are saying, ‘How the hell are they beating us?’
- Buck Showalter, Manager of the Baltimore Orioles mocking the notion that Theo Epstein’s (Boston Red Sox General Manager) biggest offseason acquisitions - namely, left fielder Carl Crawford and first baseman Adrian Gonzalez - were indicative of the Red Sox GM’s savvy.
(Source: mensjournal.com)
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