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Much of the disapproval was linked to the trade of Betts, a move that three-quarters of people rated poorly. In many ways, this new incarnation of the Red Sox—a team led by a cadre of sophisticated dealmakers toying with global expansion—mirrors the trajectory of Boston itself. Once a hardscrabble, working-class, provincial city, Boston has become a modern, global metropolis populated by finance, pharma, and tech types. The big unknown, however, is whether Henry can continue to pursue his grand, global ambitions for Fenway Sports Group without jeopardizing the loyalty of fans who only want to make sure their team drubs the Yankees every year.
The size of that windfall puts some other price tags in perspective. By some estimates, the Red Sox and Liverpool together raked in well over a billion dollars in revenue for Fenway Sports Group in , yet the Red Sox finished last season with one of their worst records of the past half century, and one of the worst in baseball that year.
But in sports bars and living rooms across New England, these decisions risk unmooring the ever-devoted Red Sox fanbase from its loyalty to the men who own the team. When you bid on the Red Sox, the challenge you're undertaking is nothing short of winning the World Series.
Four World Series titles in a span of 15 seasons - , , , and - have earned the Henry-Werner ownership team a special place in Red Sox history, the franchise having endured an year stretch, beginning in , in which it did not win baseball's ultimate prize.
But the quest continues, the team's success only reinforcing Mr. Henry's determination that the Red Sox remain a perennial contender, with the goal of playing meaningful games in October. In , the Red Sox won regular season games, breaking the club record of set in , the year Fenway Park opened.
And with 11 more victories in the Postseason, en route to the club's ninth World title, marked the winningest season in Red Sox history. In one sense, Mr. Henry says, he is owner by proxy. The true owners, he asserts, are Red Sox fans, those in New England and spread across the country and globally in numbers deserving of the designation, "Red Sox Nation. By any measure, the Red Sox have succeeded on both fronts. The club's winning percentage of. That includes what many regard as the most improbable comeback in professional sports, when the Red Sox lost the first three games of the American League Championship Series in to the New York Yankees, then won the next four games, becoming the first major league team ever to win a series after trailing, three games to none.
Immediately after taking ownership, Mr.
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