by Troy Patterson | Apr 12, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Henry, Larry Lucchino
It’s always easy to throw stones when things are going bad, but perhaps this might be the best time to ask if ownership has reached a breaking point. The leadership group headed by John Henry has to be commended for bringing Boston two World Series wins, but...
by tim daloisio | Jul 19, 2010 | John Henry, Larry Lucchino, Theo Epstein
The Boston Red Sox are clearly a “have” organization in Major League Baseball. Being a “have” however doesn’t mean that you can literally “have” whatever your heart desires or that you “have” no budget or...
by andrew lipsett | May 19, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, John Henry, Larry Lucchino, Theo Epstein
With the team sitting a game below .500 in the second half of May (the latest they’ve been there since the dark September of 2001), it’s almost time to admit the obvious: this is likely not a playoff team. Yes, I know it’s still technically early. I...
by sean o | Feb 21, 2009 | Adam Jones, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Edgar Renteria, J.D. Drew, John Henry, Julio Lugo, Larry Lucchino, Theo Epstein
John Henry has made his opinion clear… Henry believes that Major League Baseball should implement a salary cap. Or at least seriously explore it. Larry Lucchino shares Henry’s belief on the matter. Do I? I wouldn’t mind it. But when followers of the...
by josh lacey | Aug 12, 2008 | Larry Lucchino, Theo Epstein
The rift between the two alpha dogs in Boston’s front office has been the topics of blog posts, newspaper articles, magazine features, countless hours of talk radio, a book or three, and the muse of many a “man in a gorilla suit” jokes. From afar...
by evan brunell | Apr 1, 2008 | Larry Lucchino, Theo Epstein
Theo Epstein has been fired from his post as general manager of the Red Sox. Larry Lucchino e-mailed me this morning to break the news, saying that: As a fan of independent media, I figured I’d let a Sox blog break the news before the Boston Globe and the...
by evan brunell | Mar 3, 2008 | Hank Steinbrenner, John Henry, Larry Lucchino, New York Yankees
“Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of [expletive] that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans.”Go anywhere in America and you won’t see Red Sox hats and jackets, you’ll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is...
