A Stick in Their Craw

(Stan Grossfeld / Boston Globe)

Carl Crawford Signing Sending
Shockwaves Through Liverpool
(And the Yankee Universe, Too)

Wall Street Journal: The Battle for John Henry's Millions

"I wouldn't know Carl Crawford from Cindy Crawford so it doesn't mean anything to me, but I'd be happy if they gave [Liverpool manager Roy] Hodgson $42 million to spend, never mind $142 million." -- LFC fan to WSJ

"It's all very well spending all that money on a shortstop or whatever, but we haven't had a decent left-back for 12 years." -- LFC fan to WSJ... shortstop... left field... whatever... they'll learn soon enough