tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post8706514027998806808..comments2024-03-28T03:18:35.837-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: 10/13 (Very) QuickieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-2252295895812586442011-10-13T12:52:59.069-04:002011-10-13T12:52:59.069-04:00Missed in your critique of the Boston Globe expose...Missed in your critique of the Boston Globe expose on the Red Sox is that the Globe (through parent company NYT) is a minority owner of the Fenway Sports Group, which owns the Red Sox. Not coincidentally, ownership/upper management of the Red Sox is left virtually unscathed by the story. A fish rots from the head down and ownership enabled the player mutiny that consumed the team. <br /><br />Also, I disagree with your statement that the take would have been different if the team had simply won one additional game and made the playoffs (and not just because one additional win would only have guaranteed a 163rd regular season game against the Rays). The 2011 Red Sox were expected to win 100 games for the first time since 1946, win the AL East for only the second time in 16 years and make it to the world series. It was one of those championship or bust seasons you often refer to (see 2007 Celtics, 2010 Heat). As such, a record of 9-18 in Sept. and a first round sweep would have been almost as bad as 7-20 and missing the playoffs.Wtilburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966632663051430804noreply@blogger.com