Theo Epstein leaving the Red Sox
After the Red Sox now infamous collapse the bad news for the Sox seems to just keep piling on. Francona is gone. Accusation about starting pitchers drinking and eating fast food during games have surfaced. And to top it off the GM that brought two World Series to Boston has decided to leave Beantown for the windy city. Yep thats right Theo Epstein has decided to go to the Cubs to attempt to break another long standing baseball curse. The man that drafted Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, Jonathan Papelbon, Clay Buchholz, and Daniel Bard will be leaving. Still most Sox fans are going to bitter and I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t. Just the timing of the move leaves a bad taste in your mouth. If Epstein had left after a successful season then it would be understandable but now it seems that Epstein is jumping ship in the face of adversity. I will always have respect for what he did for the Red Sox organization but this move definitely alters my view of him.
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It is going to be a long off-season for the Sox. Key figures have to be replaced. Players will be let go. The beauty of it all is that in the spring everyone gets a clean slate and it doesn’t take much for the fans to forget last season. All the Sox have to do is win.
