Not as good as the 1998 Yankees. A $200 million team being praised for its mid-season acquisitions. Times sure have changed.

The Best Teams Ever are not judged on one season alone.

Of course the 1998 Yankees were not the exact same team that won in 1996, 1999, and 2000.

But they are the same team:

"Principal owner John Henry was a partner with the 1998 Yankees, who won 114 games and the Fall Classic, so he knows a bit about dominance.

'The ’98 Yankees didn’t have to beat two 100-win teams before they got to the World Series,' " he pointed out."

No, but the Padres beat two 100-win teams before they got to the World Series ... and the Padres got swept by the Yankees.

I realize full well that the transitive property does not apply to sports.

Neither does the compare-teams-who-are-twenty-years-apart property.


Four rings in fourteen years is quite an accomplishment.

Try four rings in five years.

That's what the '98(ish) Yankees did and it's why they can call themselves one of the Best Teams Ever.

The current Red Sox team may be able to do it, and they seen insistent on re-upping the rivalry, which is good for baseball and may be good for the Yankees.

But don't get blinded by the champagne in your eyes.