When Wining a World Series Is Not a Priority

I have always been a HUGE fan of the Red Sox. Living in Colorado, I don't get to see many games at Fenway anymore like I did growing up. Needless to say, when they broke the 86 year "curse", I was beside myself with joy. In fact, during the last game of the series, when things looked good (always a relative term for a die hard Red Sox fan) I woke up my kids to witness the event.

My daughter fell back asleep. Didn't care unless the Wiggles were in attendance.

My son, who was too young to walk, was barely awake as I held him in front of the tv to watch the last 3 outs of the game. Given the Red Sox history, this may be the only time he would see them win the World Series in his lifetime! And for the record, I did shed a few tears that night as I danced around the house.  

This morning I ran through my daily ritual of checking my favorite Red Sox blogs: soxaholix, boston dirt dogs, over the monster, etc… I saw a couple of references to this story by Dan Shaughnessy. The synopsis: the Red Sox haven't "gotten around" to re-signing boy wonder Theo Epstein as GM.

For those who have interests outside of baseball, Epstein was responsible for bringing a new approach to locating and retaining talent to the Red Sox. He based decisions primarily on player statistics. Without going into detail, he analyzed many different stats, and variations of stats to determine which combination metrics would best indicate the performance and value of a player. Not an easy accomplishment for a team steeped in traditional baseball management.

So I was shocked to read that after his much publicized departure and renaissance to the team, the Red Sox owner and CEO haven't gotten around to formally signing him up. Hmm, you don't want to sign the guy who brought together the right players and won baseball's top prize for the first time in over three generations.

Just watch, Theo will get fed up and go to the Yankees.