GET YOUR RED HOT RED SOX HERE
By Murray Chass
February 17, 2010
The inability of the largest minority shareholder of the Boston Red Sox to sell its share is not a reflection on the state of the Red Sox. Other teams should be as healthy and as well run as the Red Sox. Not many are.
The New York Times Company – not the newspaper but the newspaper’s parent company, its executives are quick to tell you – has been trying for more than a year to sell its piece of the Red Sox. The effort began in late 2008 and continues in early 2010. Doesn’t anyone here want to own a sizeable chunk of one of the most attractive teams in baseball?
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A GOOD MAN, THE BEST, PREPARES TO LEAVE
By Murray Chass
February 14, 2010
Since June 23, 1990, major league teams have employed a total of 189 managers. One-hundred-eighty-eight worked for one or more of 29 of the 30 teams. Bobby Cox is the 189th, the only manager the Atlanta Braves have had since they named him their manager on that date.
As Cox prepares for the start of his final spring training Saturday, it is remarkable to put his tenure with the Braves in perspective. According to Elias Sports Bureau research, only one team has had as few as two managers in that span. The Minnesota Twins have employed only Tom Kelly and Ron Gardenhire.
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SEASON NEARS INTRIGUING-LEE
By Murray Chass
February 10, 2010
Spring training has yet to start, but already I think I know what issues will create the most intrigue for me this coming season:
* Can the Philadelphia Phillies get to the World Series – win it, too – after having forsaken the opportunity to have both Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee in their starting rotation?
* Will the Seattle Mariners depose the Angels of Anaheim as American League West champions after acquiring Cliff Lee to team with Felix Hernandez in their starting rotation?
To be sure, there will be other matters of intrigue, and the entire season will not revolve around Cliff Lee. But these two are pretty good for starters. They will command attention all season long because the Phillies will be trying to win their third consecutive National League East title and the Mariners will be trying to end the Angels’ division-winning streak at three.
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