State of the Sox: Calls to ‘Sell the team’ likely to go unanswered
Some fans want John Henry to sell the Red Sox. They should not get their hopes up.
They weren’t deafening, but they weren’t inaudible, either. If you were at Fenway Park last Monday night, you heard the chants as the Red Sox headed for their third straight loss and eighth in their first 10 games. Sell the team!
Sell the team! could be heard in pockets throughout the ballpark, impossible to ignore. The intended target heard them for sure, as a viral video clip showed principal owner John Henry asking someone nearby what the fans were chanting, then mouthing the phrase himself.
It could be argued that the groundswell was merely in response to a campaign by Barstool Sports owner and general provocateur Dave Portnoy. But again: what was said, was said. The outcry was the result of the horrific start by the team, intensifying the frustration of the fan base.
Following a return to the playoffs last fall, expectations were heightened. But the poor play on the field to begin the year, coupled with the team’s inability to land a run-producing bat over the offseason had fans lathered up. Angry ballpark reaction aside, what are the chances that Fenway Sports Group acquiesces to those demands?
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