November 25, 2002
Sox Choose GM:
After having breakfast this morning, I came upstairs and my wife said, "I heard something on the radio that the Sox had hired a new GM, and he's 12 years old!" All reports look like the Red Sox will choose Theo Epstein as their GM today. Bambino's Curse has one Sox fan's perspective, and it seems to be a positive one.
Epstein is an Ivy leaguer in the Alderson/Beane mold of a GM. It will take some time to rebuild the farm system, but the Sox have four great players (Martinez, Lowe, Garciappara and Ramirez), which gives Epstein a chance to work magic by finding the right pieces to fill in around them. The Sox management team appears to approach the game correctly. There's no reason, given the popularity of the Red Sox and the revenue they generate that the Sox can't build a consistent winner over the next few years. And if you have a good base, it's only a matter of time until all the lucky breaks come your way and the World Series throphy comes home.
Posted by David Pinto at
09:47 AM
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