The more I think about this spin on things from KW the more I think we didn't have any money at all to sign players to improve this team and we must have been going to write one of those rubber checks to Torii Hunter.

 

This team has plenty of $-dont listen to any of what runs out of Williams mouth

 

Its not some sort of checking account he has, that either has a balance to work with or doesn't... its an investment portfolio. The team has money most certainly, but not unlimited funds - the money spent has to be attached to a return. The Sox decided Hunter was WORTH 5/75 to them, not because they had $75M sitting around, but because they thought the return would be positive at that salary. So they had the money for Hunter, but that money isn't necessarily there for other possible players. Its case-by-case.

 

Its not some sort of checking account he has, that either has a balance to work with or doesn't... its an investment portfolio. The team has money most certainly, but not unlimited funds - the money spent has to be attached to a return. The Sox decided Hunter was WORTH 5/75 to them, not because they had $75M sitting around, but because they thought the return would be positive at that salary. So they had the money for Hunter, but that money isn't necessarily there for other possible players. Its case-by-case.

 

Thank you for trying to explain this yet again.

 

And it can even be explained more easily than that.

 

Say I want to buy a new car. So I go to the dealership, some guy shows me some wonderful sports car- says it will allow me to deliver more papers on my paper route because it is so fast and handles so well.I start thinking to myself, "wow, I could probably make alot more money with this faster car- probably even enough to offset the monthly payment and make more profit then I currently am." So I say to the dealer, "What kind of financing can I get? Can you tell me what my monthly payments would be?" And so he tells me they can finance the car for 5 years, for $500 a month, with no money down. The total cost of the car is $25k. Then, just as I am about to make an offer on the car, Johnny the magazine subscription seller rolls in and offers the dealer $27k for the car. The dealer, surprised and blown away, accepts before Johnny changes his mind and sells him the car- the only one of that model they have in stock. Shocked, I go home empty-handed, and keep the car I already have.

 

The next day, I'm playing my Wii on my roommates tv, and I accidently throw the controller right through the screen, breaking it. My roommate says "That tv cost $2,500. Give it to me NOW! I tell him I don't have $2,500. He says "Yes you do! You were going to buy a $25,000 car just yesterday! Don't lie to me!"

Thank you for trying to explain this yet again.

 

And it can even be explained more easily than that.

 

Say I want to buy a new car. So I go to the dealership, some guy shows me some wonderful sports car- says it will allow me to deliver more papers on my paper route because it is so fast and handles so well.I start thinking to myself, "wow, I could probably make alot more money with this faster car- probably even enough to offset the monthly payment and make more profit then I currently am." So I say to the dealer, "What kind of financing can I get? Can you tell me what my monthly payments would be?" And so he tells me they can finance the car for 5 years, for $500 a month, with no money down. The total cost of the car is $25k. Then, just as I am about to make an offer on the car, Johnny the magazine subscription seller rolls in and offers the dealer $27k for the car. The dealer, surprised and blown away, accepts before Johnny changes his mind and sells him the car- the only one of that model they have in stock. Shocked, I go home empty-handed, and keep the car I already have.

 

The next day, I'm playing my Wii on my roommates tv, and I accidently throw the controller right through the screen, breaking it. My roommate says "That tv cost $2,500. Give it to me NOW! I tell him I don't have $2,500. He says "Yes you do! You were going to buy a $25,000 car just yesterday! Don't lie to me!"

 

Is that a true story?