VERO BEACH, FLORIDA ¨C Awhile back, Boston Red Sox president Larry Lucchino famously referred to the arch rival New York Yankees as ¡°The Evil Empire.¡±
The imagery was clear.
The comment referenced the filthy-rich Bronx Bombers¡¯ then-penchant for buying up the best baseball talent available in order to win championships ¡ª like they were some unscrupulous money-spending monster species dropped on the baseball world from a far-off galaxy.
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