For Sale: The Boston Red Sox
(FoxBix) — The owners of the Boston Red Sox are mulling a potential sale of the storied baseball franchise, and have even begun quietly shopping the team to potential buyers, the FOX Business Network has learned. The team is owned by the Fenway Sports Group, which also owns the English football team Liverpool FC. While no final decision has been made about a potential sale, and the talks appear to be in the early stages, executives at Fenway Sports are debating whether they have the financial resources to run both teams, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The Red Sox have publicly denied that they are for sale. Reached Thursday, a spokesperson for the team said of the potential sale that “there is no truth to that rumor.” However, there has been talk for some time that the team is informally gauging interest in the club. The price tag eyed for any potential sale would be a steep one, according to people who have spoke with Red Sox management: $1.3 billion. Forbes cites the value of the Red Sox at around $1 billion.
And so it begins. The exit strategy that you knew was eventually coming the second this ownership group took over. Listen I’ve been saying all along that this ownership group will sell you down the river for a fucking nickel. They are nothing but money hungry carpetbaggers. They don’t give a shit about Boston, the fans or anything about the community. They came here with only one agenda and that’s to get rich off us. That’s it. Anytime they say anything different they are lying. That’s why I always puke when these clowns start their song and dance about how they came here for the tradition and passion etc. No you didn’t. You came to this city to make a buck and you’ll leave when somebody offers you a good deal. Hey I ain’t mad at them. I mean keeping Dr. Creepy’s trophy wife happy can’t be cheap. Just don’t pretend to give a fuck the fans. You never did. You never will.
This better happen and quickly
You gonna buy it pres? God knows with the 10 million ads you run on this site you must be rolling in it.
I offered them 900 million
Jack Welch, Mark Whalberg, and Whitey Bulger new owners. Calling it.
Well, I appreciate the two World Series that arrived on their watch. Wally, that dating game, the ticket/concession prices, the Pravda-esque “sellout streak”, legitimizing scalpers, and trying to institutionalize “Red Sox Nation”…not so much.
Thanks for the memories, but the last few seasons have left me feeling that it is time to move on. I hope the sale happens quickly and to a group that wants to win.
Soon as I cash in my Red Sox Nation membership and a few bricks I should be able to make an offer.
Pimpbot don’t leave out sweet caroline, the gayest tradition in sports.
Good. Let’s hope someone who gives a shit buys the team and stops whoring it out.
Next: Commence Operation get rid of Jeremy Jacobs.
Pres should offer $1 billion in internet dollars and the remaining stock of the “Mal Hombre” T-Shirts.
Jenna can probably afford to buy the team
Doesn’t Frank McCourt have $2 Billion burning a hole in his pocket?
just win man. All the bs would be EASILY overlooked if they win. But they don’t and people complain about the dating show. Same as people overlooked the bs on the actual team as they were winning. I don’t care what Larry does, just bring in some better pitching.
…and Frank McCourt would have built a new friggin’ stadium had he bought it the first time! Oh wait Fenway is “classic”
B Word, man, I must have mentally blocked that out. Too true.
Mark Cuban, please answer our prayers.
John Henry owns a human centipede
Mark Zuckerberg so his stock would finally have some worth
these fuckin guys. make me fuckin sick. whats the catch phrase next year??? ‘.500 ball is our goal’?
Zuckerberg would be a nice fit.
pres ill give you the money for the team on 1 account, Jenna is GM
kris10 you beat me to it, you whore.
‘quietly shopping’ fuckin christ. fuck this ownership. fuck them. fuck them. yea what a job. but fuck you. walk away. make their money, and go the fuck away. padres sold for $800,000,000? including NESN, sox are worth $1,500,000,000
Bob Kraft should buy the team.
You knew that once Lucchino emphatically said on D&C this morning that they would not be selling, that it was a done deal. As big a liar as you will ever see.
if we can find 1 million people to put up $1,500 each this team is OURS!
@B Word, the gayest tradition in sports is that stupid thing the Yanks fans do where they sing/chant the players names at the beginning of the game.
So ah Krafty, what about it buddy?????
I’m sure they didn’t get into the business to lose money. Don’t get caught up in the fantasy that the players, coaches, or owners of any team in any professional sport is a homer like the fans. They are not from here either. Its their job…when the season is over they had back to Cali, Florida, Texas, Montana, Canada…wherever the fuck they originally come from.
They ain’t all from Billerica and Bridgewater
at the 22 minute mark:
http://audio.weei.com/a/62429049/larry-lucchino-we-ll-deal-with-bobby-v-decision-after-the-season.htm
Hmm what other rich asshole does John Henry already have a standing relationship with?…. Lebron James, partnered with Jay-Z. Those two are finally gonna fuck and get it over with. Book it.
Hey new generation of entitled douchebag Red Sox fans who want to be like Yankee fans. Why don’t you ask your parents and your grandparents and your grandparents parents how it feels to not win a World Series for a 100 years? These guys brought you two world series titles in a 5 years span. You should be holding a parade in these guys honor every single day until the end of time.
As if you give a shit about your “community” Pres. You would sell out in a fucking heartbeat to increase your stash of Jew gold.
I would love for Cuban to take over…
Pres the only reason you write barstool is to get rich off us. That’s it. Any other reason is a lie.
MOREOVER
If someone were to buy the Red Sox with a goal other than getting rich, the fans would suffer, we would win less games.
You’re stupid, and you don’t understand capitalism.
too bad youre an idiot and this > “http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/09/lucchino-red-sox-not-for-sale.html” was posted before you even wrote this blog
wah wah wah, blah blah blah……Shut the fuck UP. These owners suck, they just wanted to make money, they were in it for a buck, blah blah fucking blah.
They also happen to be the first ownership group in 100 years that cared enough about winning to go out sign the players to deliver 2 World Series. Sure, past few years have sucked – but is anyone really suggesting these guys didn’t care about winning? They spent like drunken fucking sailors. Granted, maybe they spent on the wrong players – but they fucking SPENT.
Oh – boo hooo – ticket prices went up. Hey – shitbirds – wake up. Ticket prices go up. Every team, every stadium, every sport, every year. Sorry Johnny Punchclock can’t afford to take his 5 kids to the game anymore, but that ship sailed years ago and it’s never coming back.
Bottom line is these guys came in, built the value of the club, won a few WS titles, grabbed a trophy wife, and are looking to cash in. Good for them. Sucks that the Red Sox suck now, but they don’t pay my mortgage – so whatever. Whoever said you’re rooting for laundry was right. Time to grow up.
As the old adage goes… Never trust a money grubbing, power hungry WASP. They are the lowest of the low and they would sell their own children for a profit….
Speaking of fat, Pres is this guy on the left your skinny, handsome doppleganger?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMatxdIH3_U&feature=player_embedded
I smell a business opportunity for Bob Kraft here
HOPEFULLY JEREMY JACOBS WILL FOLLOW SUIT
“Just don’t pretend to give a fuck the fans”…yup, were reading barstool
Yeah, otwisted, chanting your favorite players’ names is WAY gayer than singing a Neil Diamond song. Moron.
^^it’s not about chanting your favorite players name, they chant the lineup. Guess there are a lot of Eduardo Nunez fans out there.
Hey @leftlane, we hate “Sweet Caroline” more than you do. It’s embarrassing and has already been addressed in this comment section. Dipshit.
Best part of the story is that Henry’s investment biz is sucking wind. Last month’s trades was setting the stage for this. Good riddance assholes.
Thank fucking God, maybe Bob Kraft can take over.
Can’t take the titles away from this ownership group. Props for that. That being said, they’re douchebags and I won’t be sorry to seem them go, if indeed that is what happens.
Oh the irony of Pres calling ‘carpetbagger’.
@joebidenjr: If that’s the case, how fast do you think Henry’s wife will divorce him if things get really bad?
Call. Mark. Cuban.
Does Kraft have a brother?