VN> But don't you think that the Montreal Expos is not as rich as other ball
VN> clubs? The Expos can't afford those players. I wish they could.
VN> 
VN>         I wish I knew how much the owner(s) of the Montreal Expos can
VN> afford to spend on signing big contracts. 
IMnsHO, it's more like how much they are WILLING to spend, rather than what 
they can afford...other teams watch THEIR budgets also, but are possibly 
willing to cut their profit margin to get a sustainable drawing roster, as 
he
Colorado Rockies did over the past several seasons.  The payoff was a LONG 
string of home-field sellouts, despite a disappointing season or two...  This 
year, they "let" Galarraga "get away" - primarily because the risk of keeping 
him on with an inflated paycheck wasn't palatable to the front office...His
numbers are too "soft' away from Coors' Field to satisfy the desires of the 
people who sign the contracts.
--- mil failte, caraid
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