I'm a Red Sox fan but I'm also a baseball fan too and the Red Sox thru their payroll have become a version of 'Yankeelite' IMO. The Sox were always a big market team but there was enough disparity with their payroll (as compared to the yankees) where I could root for the home team with only a slight guiltly feeling. Traditionally their payroll was comparable to the Mets, Orioles, and Dodgers. Now with a payroll of $170M+ I find it really difficult to take interest and can't argue against fans that take issue with both the yankees and sox as being bad for the game.
