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Red Sox doing what the Yankees aren't: sticking to their plan

By Peter Gammons
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

There was a time when the Yankees were IBM, and the Red Sox were the Yawkey Trust Fund kids. Dan Topping and George Weiss did not dawdle in nostalgia and sentiment; they won. Bottom line: 14 trips to the World Series in the 16-year period from 1949 through 1964. They could trade Billy Martin or fire Casey Stengel and be called ruthless, while Tom Yawkey's players called him the best, most benevolent owner in baseball, a man who kept Pinky Higgins in his employ for more than 20 years as the t ...

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