Well, the Red Sox did it. The curse has been 86'd (I couldn't help it). Congrats to all of our New England brethren; however, the question for next season -- and forever after -- will be: Now what?

The Red Sox with the sixth highest team salary in the majors, and with the top ten salaried teams dominating their respective divisions, my guess is more of the same. More Yankees, more Cardinals, more Red Sox, more Braves, more Giants and (hopefully) more Dodgers. I don't mean to rain on Boston's parade (rain is already forecasted for Saturday's victory parade in Boston anyway), but someone needs to do something about the disparity in major league baseball. With a $112 million dollar difference between league salary leader, the Yankees, and the second to last Kansas City Royals (I considered last place Tampa Bay Devil Rays at $19.6 million as a statistical anomaly and left them out of the calculation), it's no wonder the rich keep getting richer and poor do their best to keep the faith in this league. It's a keen metaphor of our current political / socio-economic landscape, don't you think?

So I'll be rooting for whichever team has the lowest team salary in next year's World Series. This year it was the Cardinals (I root for them anyway since I have strong Missouri ties), last year it was the Florida Marlins. Next year? The Kansas City Royals? If there were a God...

D. Robert