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The Yankees and Red Sox need to realize a big payroll doesn't guarantee success and try a new approach.

PackageStory | October 15, 2005

So the Mets overspent and took some risks. Omar Minaya clearly understands what's at stake operating in New York.

Breaking down the teams that remain in the mix as the postseason slowly comes into focus.

Speculating on where Randy Johnson will go, if he does go, centered on half a dozen teams Thursday -- Boston, both New Yorks, both Chicagos, Anaheim -- all of them with a chance to win, at least in somebody's mind.

Will this be the season a curse is lifted ... and which one? The 2004 season could hold many surprises.

The Indians are struggling, but general manager Mark Shapiro's reclamation project is not that far away.