Evil Empire vs. the Real Empire

The BBC has an interesting comparison of Pay-Rod to Becks, two of the world's best-known athletes who were each bought by the top teams in their sports. However, their ability to compare payroll (New York spends 5 million more pounds per year) and sport dominance (Real is practically an all-star team) doesn't translate into an understanding of baseball. The otherwise astute analysis ends with Alex Rodriguez is regarded as the best outfield player in baseball and the Yankees will be expected to win the World Series immediately with him in their side. But, such is the importance of the pitcher in their sport, that they may still fall short. I guess that's about as intelligent as something I might write about metric football.