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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) —
Former Florida Marlins owner
John Henry and his partners
completed their record $660
million purchase of the Boston
Red Sox on Wednesday, ending
seven decades of ownership by
the Yawkey family and its trust.
The closing of the deal,
which probably will lead to the
ouster of general manager Dan
Duquette, marked the end of an
era that saw a downtrodden
team grow into one of the pre
mier franchises in sports but fail
in its quest to win the World
Series for the first time since
1918. It also closed an often
contentious 16-month sale
process.
“It seemed like a good base
ball game,” Henry said of the
process. “It was always in doubt
up until the end.”
Henry and incoming team
president Larry Lucchino
refused to outline personnel
changes until after the sale was
completed.
Duquette was expected to be
the first to go, a move that could
come this week. The Henry
group has done little to dampen
speculation that Duquette will
be replaced, perhaps by vice
president of baseball operations
Mike Port on an interim bases.
Duquette said Wednesday he
expected to be part of the team.
Lucchino has said he does
not anticipate wholesale
changes immediately.
“Today is a day for celebra
tion,” Lucchino said. “We’ve
been waiting a long time to cel
ebrate. ... We’ll get to work
tomorrow.”
“These guys, l think, are
going to be hands on,” former
Red Sox outfielder Dwight
Evans, now the hitting coach,
said Wednesday. “They’re
going to be in the clubhouse.
They’re going to be in there
after the game and before the
game, which will be good.”
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The purchase also includes
80 percent of the New England
Sports Network plus $40 mil
lion in assumed debt. The price
more than doubled the previous
record for a baseball franchise
— the $323 million paid by
Larry Dolan for the Cleveland
Indians in 2000.
The Red Sox announced the
agreement with Henry's group
on Dec. 20, but the deal was
held up as losing bidders tried to
restart the auction and
Massachusetts Attorney General
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Thomas Reilly investigated
whether the Jean R. Yawkey
Trust, which owned 53 percent
of the team, would receive fair
value.
Reilly later withdrew his
objections and major league
baseball owners approved the
deal on Jan. 16 by a vote of 29-0
with one abstention, the New
York Yankees.
Henry has an agreement to
sell his 1 percent of the Yankees
to the New York Yankees
Partnership for between $4 mil
lion and $5 million, a pair of
high-ranking baseball officials
familiar with the transaction said
on the condition of anonymity.
Lucchino and Tom Werner,
another Henry partner, also had
to reach agreements to divest
themselves of their interest in the
San Diego Padres before the
closing could lake place.
Thomas Yaw key bought the
Red Sox from J. A. Robert Quinn
in 1933 and when Thomas
Yawkey died in 1976. his wife
took over.
When Jean Yaw key died, she
willed all her holdings to her
trust, giving John Harrington,
her longtime adviser, power to
run the team.
“I’m proud to have been part
of the Yawkey baseball era. and 1
think Tom and Jean would be
pleased to see their team passing
on to a group with outstanding
baseball experience, a passion
for the game, and a commitment
to our community.” Harrington
said in a statement.
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an unprecedented musical chairs
among baseball owners. On Feb.
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(AP) — Texas catcher Ivan
Rodriguez, who missed the final
six weeks of last season after
knee surgery, homered in his
first at-bat of the spring
Wednesday.
After a week
Rangers played
intrasquad game.
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the first inning off Hideki Irabu,
who is trying to make the
Rangers’ roster. Irabu was the
losing pitcher, allowing five hits
and two runs over two innings.
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of those defensive rebounds if
we want to win the game.”
Skibbe led all scorers in the
game and added 12 of
Oklahoma State’s rebounds for
her eighth double-double of the
season.
Leading A&M was sopho
more guard Toccara Williams,
who added seven steals to her 14
points. Senior guard LaToya
Rose, playing her final game at
Reed Arena, added 10 points.
The Cowgirls (l 5-14, 7-9)
earned a split for the season with
the Aggies, who defeated OSU
in Stillwater earlier this season,
70-65.
The loss gave the Aggies the
ninth seed going into next
week’s Big 12 Co
Tournament where
meet Oklahoma State)
Tuesday at noon in
round in Kansas City.
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