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    Demystifying Red Sox Ownership - What Do They Do? (WEEI)

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    posted 2 days ago by Jose Can Still Seabiscuit to owners, red sox  |  37 comment(s)

    “I have [former Red Sox CEO] John Harrington’s old office. The day he turned over the reins, he was sitting at the desk and handed me his pen with a warm smile,” Henry wrote in an email.“I still have it. Red ink. I work more of my hours though in my home offices in Florida and in Brookline. But there is nothing like driving into Fenway Park to go to work. I am thankful every day that I get to do that. It’s one big reason why these rumors of a potential sale of the Red Sox are so ...

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    1. Doris from Rego Park posted on May 11, 2012 at 01:25 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    What's the buzz about Tsuyoshi Shinjo taking the position?
    2. Infinite Joost (Voxter)  posted on May 11, 2012 at 01:28 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    My prediction: Bud Selig.
    3. Johnny Slick posted on May 11, 2012 at 01:44 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    George Bush!
    4. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on May 11, 2012 at 01:45 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Fidel Castro!
    5. Mattbert posted on May 11, 2012 at 01:49 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Bob Costas sitting on Tommy Lasorda's shoulders and wearing a big overcoat so it looks like there's a grown-up doing the job!
    6. Nasty Nate posted on May 11, 2012 at 01:53 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Isiah Thomas!
    7. Greg Pope thinks the Cubs are reeking havoc posted on May 11, 2012 at 01:53 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    But trying to predict the next commissioner while two-plus years remain on Selig’s contract is a little like anticipating the winner of a political election years in advance.


    It's like anticipating the winner of a political election years in advance, in North Korea. It's incredibly easy, it's the current guy. Didn't someone post a while back that Selig has claimed that the then current term was his last one at least 4 times?
    8. Jim Furtado  posted on May 11, 2012 at 01:54 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Test
    9. Cris E posted on May 11, 2012 at 01:55 PM #  hit 1 | hit 0

    Bud Selig will hold the position for at least two years after his death. Remember the jokes back in the 80s about Brezhnev being dead and stuffed for TV and May Day parade appearances until the day Andropov finally chose to take over? No? Well they were kind of funny, and they will be again when Bud only appears in a carefully prepared MLB Network studio, ha ha! The only question will be who emerges from the KGB/Central Committee/Owners Cabal to take the reins.
    10. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) posted on May 11, 2012 at 02:05 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Manfred seems like an odds on favorite. I can see Stan Kasten. Alderson made some sense before he took the Mets job.

    Outsiders: Bill Richardson? Herb Kohl? Mitt Romney?
    11. Infinite Joost (Voxter)  posted on May 11, 2012 at 02:07 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    In Major League Baseball, Selig commissions you!
    12. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on May 11, 2012 at 02:09 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Who else? Octavio Dotel.
    13. GregD posted on May 11, 2012 at 02:09 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Isiah Thomas!
    This is totally going to happen. Isiah has worked diligently for 20 years to obliterate any goodwill or good reputation he once held, and his best efforts come to naught. He will only rise and rise until he a conviction for child abuse gets him promoted from commissioner to president of the World Bank, then after his successful suicide attempt his corpse will be made Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
    14. MikeinMI posted on May 11, 2012 at 02:55 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Me.
    15. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) posted on May 11, 2012 at 03:07 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    then after his successful suicide attempt his corpse will be made Chief Justice of the Supreme Court


    Where he will grope Justice Sonia Sotamayor.
    16. zonk posted on May 11, 2012 at 03:20 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I like the cut of this "Test"'s jib -- Test has my vote.
    17. phredbird  posted on May 11, 2012 at 03:37 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    let's just do option j and be done with it.
    18. GregD posted on May 11, 2012 at 03:43 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Where he will grope Justice Sonia Sotamayor.
    And then become promoted to Secretary-General of the United Nations where his good sense will lead to a nuclear war between Iran and Israel, following upon which the stench around his corpse will be named the Son of God.
    19. winnipegwhip posted on May 11, 2012 at 03:45 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Lance Berkman
    20. Nasty Nate posted on May 11, 2012 at 03:48 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Chiklis
    21. Mark Donelson posted on May 11, 2012 at 03:49 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Josh Beckett?
    22. Rennie's Tenet posted on May 11, 2012 at 04:10 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think Frank Coonelly was sent to Pittsburgh to implement the cost strategies the commissioner's office has been trying to push the teams toward for years. If the Pirates are showing any signs of life, I think Coonelly will be the next commissioner.
    23. God posted on May 11, 2012 at 04:47 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Didn't Coonelly kind of burn his bridges with the commissioner's office by giving some draft pick or Pirates player a richer contract than MLB wanted? My memory is hazy but I think he did something to piss Bud off.
    24. Steve N posted on May 11, 2012 at 04:55 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think that it would be cool if former Florida senator Connie Mack got the job. Obviously can handle a responsible position and has impeccable bloodlines.
    25. God posted on May 11, 2012 at 05:21 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Why are people so gung-ho on getting a politician with a famous name instead of a baseball person? That seems to me like a recipe for utter disaster.
    26. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on May 11, 2012 at 05:40 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Hank Stenbrenner, a man whose time has come.
    27. cardsfanboy  posted on May 11, 2012 at 05:54 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Why are people so gung-ho on getting a politician with a famous name instead of a baseball person? That seems to me like a recipe for utter disaster.


    Because a baseball first guy will probably be paralyzed by "tradition" and not actually do anything. The great thing about Bud is that he fixed so many of the obvious problems (or if you prefer--obstacles to profit and growth) with baseball and it was because he bucked the traditionalist radicals. Anybody that replaces him, has to think bottom line first, not be held hostage to the people that still think the golden age of baseball was 20-30-40-50 years ago.

    I don't disagree with actually getting a baseball first guy, but it has to be a guy who is not Bob Costas.
    28. God posted on May 11, 2012 at 06:00 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    For all Bud's faults I think he's done a great job of thinking about the bottom line first while also preserving the traditional aspects that are worth preserving. I shudder to think of the "bottom line first" stuff we'd get from a non- baseball guy. "Ads on the uniforms? Sure! Seven-inning games? Sure! DH in the National League? Sure! Sudden death Home Run Derby to replace extra innings? Sure! Livelier baseballs and shorter pitching distance to increase offense? Sure! Interleague games count as two wins in the standings? Sure! A DH for the catcher? Sure!"

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