GANNON GROUP GETS MORE CHANCES
FEENEY FAMILY HAPPY
BOSTON - RED SOX TRAINERS KNEW THEY WOULD HAVE A BUSY OFF-SEASON AFTER A STRING OF INJURIES HELPED RELEGATE WHAT MANY OBSERVERS THOUGHT WAS A POWERHOUSE INTO AN ALSO-RAN.
ALSO THOUGHT TO BE RUNNING OUT OF TOWN - QUICKLY - WAS THE GANNON GROUP, WHICH HANDLES THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF BOSTON FOR THE TEAM'S OWNERSHIP, THE FEENEY FAMILY.
"(WE HAVE) SEEN A STEADY UPWARD SWING UNDER THE GANNONS," A RELEASE FROM THE FEENEY FAMILY STATED. WE BELIEVE A NEW 5-YEAR DEAL IS JUSTIFIED BASED ON THE POTENTIAL OF THIS STORIED FRANCHISE."
LEE GANNON TOOK OVER THE REIGNS AS GENERAL MANAGER IN MID-2012, A FORMER SOX MINOR-LEAGUE OUTFIELDER FROM 1990-92. ADMITTEDLY, HE MADE A FEW MISTAKES.
"OBVIOUSLY, MY RYAN BRAUN BLUNDER STANDS OUT," GANNON SAYS. "iT'S NOT EVERY DAYSOMETHING LIKE THAT IS BOTCHED."
BRAUN WON CONSECUTIVE MVP AWARDS WITH THE CUBS AND BOSTON COMPOUNDED THE BLUNDER BY LATER TRADING SUPERSTAR JOHNATHAN WEEKS, THE KEY FACTOR IN THE BOSTON-CHICAGO DEAL, TO ST. LOUIS, WHERE WEEKS HAS TURNED IN TWO MVP-LIKE SEASONS OF HIS OWN.
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