The New York Yankees and Red Sox have been trying to sneak by as separate entities that are unattached and operating in a world where one team’s moves has little to no impact on what might be happening with the team that plays a four-hour train ride away.
The mere comparison of franchises was enough to make Red Sox president and chief operating officer Larry Lucchino cringe in spring training.
“We operate differently,” Lucchino said right around the time the Sox beat the Yankees to Cuban prospect Yoan Moncada with a $31.5 million bid. “They run their franchise.