The most unpopular guy in Boston these days claims he has no worries about his Sox, despite ticket holders chanting “sell the team!”
“Fans get frustrated,” team owner John Henry told the Sports Business Journal.
“It doesn’t mean you ignore them, it means you work harder,” Henry added. “You don’t settle for mediocrity. You have to win.”
The problem is the fans don’t see the Red Sox winning and their record shows that’s the reality.
The New York Post is wondering whether Henry is paying more attention to the British soccer team he owns than to New England’s Sox.
“Many have questioned Henry’s operational philosophy, which includes trading away stars Mookie Betts and Rafael Devers,” writes Matt Ehalt.
“Big-market teams like the Red Sox should be keeping elite talent, yet Boston has not held onto key players and operated more like a small-market franchise,” Ehalt said.
“Henry has enjoyed great success while owning the Red Sox, winning four World Series – the first of which was the famous ending of the Curse of the Bambino – from 2004-18,” he writes.
Since that 2018 ring, though, the Red Sox have been more aligned with the worst teams in the sport than on equal footing with the likes of the Yankees and Dodgers, according to the Post.
Boston has missed the playoffs five times and won a postseason series once, advancing to the ALCS in 2021 before falling to the Astros.
