Thursday, December 15, 2005
Come to Boston
What's this about Ben Cherington and Jed Hoyer leaving the door open a crack for Theo Epstein. The only crack they left open is three degrees south of the small of their backs. Just because John Henry had them all do a live reenactment of the love scene from the motion picture Deliverance, they shouldn't mistake Theo's cordiality for bosom friendship. If he was such a good buddy, he would have appeared at their press conference last week. Theo is not coming back.
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