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The Patsy, that's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Monday, April 27th,

2006. And I do not say the word patsy often. There is no more pejorative word to use

to describe a manager in Major League league baseball, no matter how little power they may have at the end of the day to create lineups or to make roster decisions. But Patsy calling Alex Cora a Patsy, a World Series winning garbage can banging manager.

Patsy?

That's exactly what he was.

Craig Breslau, former player, long-time pitcher, smarty pants.

Yes, very smart.

Gets hired by the Boston Red Sox and says, I know what to do.

I'm the chief baseball officer and I will make the decisions. John Henry has fallen in love. And I mean like flowers, movies, the occasional candlelight dinner,

and possibly even some tickling. Because what else could explain giving the power to Craig

Breslau the way the Red Sox claim they have done.

The beautiful part about the firing that it wasn't just the manager Alex Cora who got

fired. It was anyone and everyone who did not like the CBW. And no, it's not the channel you can never find to see if there's any sports rights.

The CBW is the Craig Breslau way.

The Craig Breslau way means the following.

We've never done it this way, but we're going to start doing it that way.

And by doing it that way, it'll make all of you think that you've been doing it the wrong way

ever since you started doing it anyway.

So just be aware that the way that you've been taught, the way that you think works, it doesn't.

My way is the way to go. I just had a meeting with Frank Sinatra,

and we came to the conclusion. And then I went to John Henry, and I said, John, I'm going to need

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