When was the last time the Yankees or Red Sox had a flat-out miserable year? The Yankees haven't had a losing record since 1992, and the Red Sox' last sub-.500 season was in 1997. With their resources, unless a hard salary cap and floor is instituted, they're not going to stop competing anytime soon. The Rays... well, they'll go as far as the farm system will take them. A few bad drafts, and I'll be watching miserable losing baseball again.