John Henry and Co. Are Just Making Things Worse

John Henry was adamant that he wasn't the source for the Bob Holler article, and was also adamant that Lucchino and Werner had nothing to do with it either

As I posted before, John Henry stormed into the Sports Hub Studios on Friday and demanded to be heard on the air. When Mike Felger (ahem, douchebag) asked John Henry straight up if he was Bob Holler's source, Henry came right out and said no. But, there's been a new twist. He also said on the air that Holler had come out publicly and said that Henry, Lucchino, and Werner weren't the sources, but as it turns out, he was either knowingly lying or was telling what he believed to be the truth based on false information, as Bob Holler told Rich Shertenlieb in an email that he has not said anything publicly since the article was published. Meanwhile, Curt Schilling called into Felger and Mazz yesterday (they have all the best guests) and told the guys straight up that when John Henry says he wasn't the source, he's "full of shit".

This is really turning into a mess. The Front Office needs to just shut up for now or just step up take be accountable for what happened in September. The team has become the laughing stock of the MLB and everyone knows it. they just need to get the compensation for Theo and let Cherington finally start interviewing managers and start looking forward to next season.

Let's Hear What John Henry Has to Say

Red Sox Owner John Henry stopped by the Sports Hub and demanded to be heard

So Sox Owner John Henry was cruising around in his car listening to the Sports Hub (seriously?) and got pretty pissed off at what he was hearing. So he decided to stop by and demand to be heard. Felger and Mazz were on the air at the time and obviously they let him on the air, 'cause if they said no they'd be the biggest idiots in the history of talk radio. So, here are the highlights of what he said:

• Henry says he opposed the Crawford signing but "deferred to Theo Epstein and the rest of baseball operations". I'm calling bullshit. Let's put it this way. If you have $120M and someone offers you a $120M car that you don't like, why in hell would you buy it? Exactly, you wouldn't. That was such a stupid thing to say. And even if he did oppose the Crawford signing, why would you make that public when Crawford's confidence is extremely low? That's gonna make his feel great. "Wow. The fans hate me and now the owner hates me." That's gonna do wonders for him next season. Then again, who am I to speak? He could be at the bank hearing that and thinking "Ha ha ha" as he cahses his $20M check.
• The Crawford signing and the Gonzalez trade were not moves made to boost NESN ratings. I think it's pretty obvious the Gonzalez trade was one made because Theo wanted him (he's wanted him for years). But the Crawford signing, assuming Henry did oppose it, was one that was made because A) Theo wanted him and B) Henry knew it would boost NESN ratings, 'cause last year everything was about the business, not the team.
• Old Man Lucchino is expected to sign a multiyear deal this winter. Son of a bitch....
• Henry denied that it was any one of him, Lucchino, or Werner that gave Bob Hohler the information for the Francona smear campaign story he wrote. He said that he was investigating who gave the information and he would get to the bottom of it.

I think the best thing we can take out of this is that Henry showed that he does truly care about this team. Lately it's seemed like making money was more important to him (Rousch-Fenway Racing, Liverpool, LeBron Fucking James). But if he didn't care he wouldn't have driven down to frigging Brighton to get on the air and defend him and the rest of ownership. So overall, this was a good sign.