Say It Ain't So, Theo!!

Breaking News: Theo Epstein steps down as the Boston Red Sox GM. I don't have much to say on this yet. I will post this now.


The story was broken in the Boston Hearld:

All signs point to Lucchino being the problem. As stated in the Hearld article:

Epstein had come close to agreeing to a deal Saturday evening but had not officially conveyed acceptance of it. On Sunday, he began having serious misgivings about staying on. A leading contributing factor, according to sources close to the situation, was a column in Sunday’s Boston Globe in which too much inside information about the relationship between Epstein and his mentor, team president and CEO Larry Lucchino, was revealed -- in a manner slanted too much in Lucchino’s favor. Epstein, according to these sources, had several reasons to believe Lucchino was a primary source behind the column and came to the realization that if this information were leaked hours before Epstein was going to agree to a new long-term deal, it signaled excessive bad faith between him and Lucchino.

Theo is loved in Boston. Lucchino should feel luckly that all the cement in the BIG DIG has been poured. There are a lot of...you know...passionate fans there.

Theo, you will be missed!

Postnote: take the year Theo. Then we will give you the prime of your life when you take over the Nationals for us! Nice salary, private plane, and all the submarine pitchers you can sign. Plus, as an added perk, we will ship in fresh girls from Univ. of Virginia for your disposal. Forget Georgetown, GWU or American, UVA is the filet of college trim. Ahh, UVA, we put the Virgin in Virginia! (sorry, but I had to...)