As everyone knows by now, the Red Sox finally did it. As a transplanted member of the Red Sox nation, living in Kansas City, I want to thank the Royals management. In the previous two years, I had a partial season ticket (20 some odd games) to the Royals. Two years ago, the Royals were terrible (almost as bad as this year). Then last year they had a good year. This prompted the management to hike the ticket prices by over 30%. This led me to purchase the MLB extra innings cable tv package rather than renewing my tickets. As a result, I watched almost every Red Sox game this season.
So, thank you K.C. Royals management, for being a bunch of greedy bastards and helping me enjoy a wonderful baseball season.
P.S. - thanks for being dumb enough for letting Johnny Damon leave.