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Brough

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Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

The Red Sox, man.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

They're quite an interesting story right now.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

So their ownership, John Henry, also owns a bunch of other stuff, including Liverpool.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

And their fans want to hear from John Henry.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

And John Henry has not spoken in Boston for a few years now.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

I think the last time he spoke was at a press conference after the Mookie Betts trade, which was in 2020.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

And really that Betts trade was a turning point with this Red Sox team and the fan base.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

Remember, they won the World Series in 2018.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

And then ownership seemed to shift.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

And they went into, let's make money mode.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

And let's focus on that.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

They trade away a guy like Mookie Betts instead of paying him.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

And by the way, like a year earlier, they had fired Dave Dombrowski, who was a kind of a guy that you'd want as your GM if you're willing to spend lots of money.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

He was kind of a shoot from the hip guy.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

And instead, they turned the team over to a bit more of a process-oriented group.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

I heard he didn't talk much, though.

Halford & Brough in the Morning
How To Save A Sports Franchise

I heard John Henry was mostly pretty silent, and that the players afterwards, after they got the news that they were moving on from Alex Cora and a bunch of his coaches, and the players were very fond of these coaches, they were like, that's not a good enough explanation.