Dan Shaughnessy at 8 this morning on WEEI<\/em><\/p>\n You can bet your ass he was hoping Theo would change What did this famously egotistical and unscrupulous The Larry taught Theo too well and now he is looking in What is alarming — for the future of the Sox franchise — is Theo’s With the team falling apart around us, management from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" "I am still hoping that Theo comes out at 1 o’clock and tells us that he is staying with the Sox" Dan Shaughnessy at 8 this morning on WEEI You can bet your ass he was hoping Theo would change … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/theoeps.jpg\")
"I am still hoping that Theo
\n comes out at 1 o’clock and tells us that he is staying with the Sox"<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n his mind, because as it stands the Curly-Haired Boyfriend (Shaughnessy’s
\n nickname) is about to enter baseball history as The Man Who Drove the
\n Red Sox Down, the second<\/em> time.<\/p>\n
\n scribe write to deserve such a dastardly fate? Well, it appears his column
\n in the Boston Globe on Sunday, was almost single handedly
\n responsible for the decision by Boy Wonder Theo Epstein, the 30-year-old
\n General Manager who guided the Sox to the World Championship last year,
\n to quit. At 1 o’clock Theo did resign, and said Shaughnessy had nothing
\n to do with it. Sources say otherwise.<\/p>\n
\n column<\/a>, which featured slanted opinion, confidential
\n team information and leaked material from one side about an on-going negotiation,
\n contained incendiary tidbits like:<\/p>\n\n
\n the mirror as he tries to hammer out a deal with the GM he made in his
\n own image. Both are merely doing what they are trained to do. In Theo’s
\n case, he’s doing what Larry trained him to do.<\/p>\n
\n sudden need to distance himself from those who helped him rise to his
\n position of power.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n in disarray, Manny jumping ship and no rotation or bullpen, now the architect
\n and his building crew have walked off the lot. And Dan Shaughnessy
\n is in real danger of becoming the Harry Frazee of the 21st Century
\n and driving the finest baseball mind of our generation out of town
\n for good. If a "Curse of Theo Epstein" envelopes the Bloody Sox, Dan
\n Shaughnessy is through in this town, which can turn cruel and vicious
\n when its idols are affronted.<\/p>\n