Perhaps Shapiro and Co. felt like their hands were finally untied after leaving the frugal Cleveland org. They got a taste of luxury tax payroll and lost the plot. Like drunken sailors on shore leave for the first time in years they started to spend to build a winner and couldn't stop. With the impending renos at the dome they figured they could take a shortcut and buy their way into contention. Bo and Vladdy had other plans.