I get your intention with the housing analogy but I have to say:  buying an overpriced house or condo in Toronto is hardly the equivalent of landing Encarnación - thinking like this is irritating.   Sports teams don't borrow 9 times their annual income to land a player.  Being cavalier about housing prices is also dangerous - when a sports team loses despite having overpaid for talent, people's tax dollars don't have to go en masse to bail them out.  When you start to see housing analogies in the sports page - you know you've hit peak house and the ridiculous financial mess isn't far behind...  doesn't matter who the Jays sign....