Halford

There's the president, Sam Kennedy, and then there's the owner.

And John Henry actually did deliver the news along with his two affiliates in the front office, his associates.

And delivered the news to the players.

Right.

And then when the Red Sox did their media availability following the Cora dismissal, John Henry was not present at the news conference.

So basically you're making this big shakeup early in the season.

You've got the worst team in the American league East.

The fans don't like the way the team is being managed.

The players don't like the fact that the coach got told to walk the plank.

It's a dysfunctional organization and the owner isn't speaking.

It's like crapping your pants and changing your shirt.

Yeah.

I saw that one.

Sure do.

Well, the bets thing wasn't a one-off, right?

Like, I mean, Laddie and I talked about this last year when they traded Raphael Devers.

I remember everyone saying like, this is another instance of the Red Sox trading a star player.

And you remember the Devers trade came after they made the playoffs in 2025.

And you're looking at an organization saying like, are you committed to winning the,

Or is it always going to be about the bottom line and winning is a nice secondary prize if you can either moneyball or put your way towards a team that doesn't necessarily have the star power that you're willing to pay for, but a team that's greater than the sum of its parts, right?