Red Sox GM Resigns

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » November 1, 2005 9:57 am

MacPhin wrote:i'm so friggin p*** off at larry!
i'd like to print up shirts that say LARRY SUCKS.

i don't think it was the $$ for theo...it was on & off again tension between the 2.

i've decided that i'm not going to get involved with the soxs next year. they're imploding.

It should be easier to get tickets to Fenway next year......

MacPhin · Post by **MacPhin** » November 1, 2005 9:59 am

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MacPhin wrote:
i'm so friggin p*** off at larry!
i'd like to print up shirts that say LARRY SUCKS.

i don't think it was the $$ for theo...it was on & off again tension between the 2.

i've decided that i'm not going to get involved with the soxs next year. they're imploding.

It should be easier to get tickets to Fenway next year......

somehow i doubt that one.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » November 1, 2005 10:02 am

the Red Sox are stupid to let Theo get away..... stupid........

SuperTrooper · Post by **SuperTrooper** » November 1, 2005 10:17 am

There must be a LOT more to this story. Theo screwed the Sox, and one of his friends, in more ways than one. He made sure Josh Byrnes had signed with Arizona... would Josh go there if he thought he had a shot at the boston job?

I guess now we'll see how good Theo is. He'll wind up with a team with a MUCH smaller budget than he's used to working with. He'll have nobody to blame for "interfering".

Maybe we'll be able to unload Theo's "binky", Edgar Rentawreck, on whatever team he goes to next.

mings · Post by **mings** » November 1, 2005 10:18 am

Jerry Huntsicker (sp?) is the leading candidate for Boston. He built the Astros so I don't think that's a step down at all.

BottleofRum · Post by **BottleofRum** » November 1, 2005 11:08 am

Looks like I should get my resume' updated.

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » November 1, 2005 11:12 am

BottleofRum wrote:Looks like I should get my resume' updated.

You'd be perfect for that gig!

diamonddan · Post by **diamonddan** » November 1, 2005 12:15 pm

Listening to a little sports radio today.

Sounds like Epstein is not the only one that will be jumping the Red Sox ship. Many in the organIzation don't want to deal with Red Sox nation. Too much drama. And some are ticked that last years life long dream, a World Series Championship, was so quickly forgotten by many in the Nation.

NYCPORT · Post by **NYCPORT** » November 1, 2005 1:25 pm

So nice to see The Nation back in chaos. Just like the old days!

BottleofRum · Post by **BottleofRum** » November 2, 2005 9:36 am

By Chris Snow, Globe Staff | November 2, 2005
In the basement offices at the intersection of Brookline Avenue and Yawkey Way, Theo Epstein and members of his baseball operations department gathered at about 8 Monday night. They opened a beer and reminisced about Epstein's brief and celebrated 35-month tenure as the 11th general manager in the Red Sox' 105-year existence.

Up the stairs, and just outside, camera crews gathered, seeking to capture Epstein leaving Fenway Park on the day he rejected a lucrative offer to extend his contract for three years at $1.5 million per season, choosing personal happiness over prestige and wealth. As the collection of young men brought together by baseball and bound by shared experience recounted their time together, they came to a most pressing question: How could they get Epstein out of the building without facing the camera crush?

Conveniently, Monday night happened to be Halloween night, and someone in the office happened to have a gorilla costume handy. Epstein, according to a baseball operations employee, slipped into the suit, walked out of Gate D, and strolled by the cameras, a smile on his concealed face.