meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Felger & Massarotti

John Henry’s comments // Red Sox fans’ frustrations with John Henry // Chaim Bloom’s struggles - 2/21 (Hour 1)

Felger & Massarotti

Beasley Media Group

Sports

4.1977 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

(0:00) Mike Felger addresses Tony Massarotti’s suspension.

(2:28) Felger and Murray start the show giving their thoughts about John Henry’scomments.

(23:08) The guys continue to discuss John Henry’s ownership of the Red Sox.

(33:10) The guys discuss Chaim Bloom’s failures with the Red Sox and how ownership issetting him up to be the scapegoat.

CONNECT WITH FELGER & MAZZ
https://www.instagram.com/felgerandmassarotti
https://twitter.com/FelgerAndMazz
https://www.facebook.com/felgerandmassarotti

https://www.instagram.com/985thesportshub
https://twitter.com/985thesportshub
https://www.facebook.com/985TheSportsHub

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

All right, hi, everybody.

0:06.2

Welcome into the program.

0:07.5

It's Felger and Maserati come to you on Tuesday, February 21st.

0:12.5

Felger here on the remote chair location.

0:14.7

We got Big Jim Murray back in our town fair tire studios in Waltham.

0:18.7

Mazz will not be joining us today, and we'll just start the show

0:21.8

by clarifying that and giving you a few words on that. So Tony, if you were listening yesterday,

0:28.4

he made a heartfelt apology about comments that he made on the show on Friday, which were

0:33.2

insensitive and hurtful because Beasley media strives to create a diverse and inclusive workplace.

0:40.5

And these comments went against its core values.

0:42.8

The company has decided to suspend Tony for the rest of the week without pay.

0:47.4

In addition, all of our on-air personalities at Beasley, Boston,

0:50.7

will be taking sensitivity training to redouble our efforts to create a culture of understanding.

0:56.0

I was partially reading part of that.

0:59.0

So that is the word from Beasley Media Group.

1:01.0

Tony will be suspended without pay for the rest of the week.

1:05.0

And so he will not be here today or through Friday.

1:09.0

I'll just add on a personal level quickly that we all feel really bad about this, starting

1:15.2

with the fact that it was said in the first place.

1:18.1

Minorities in this country do have to put up with a lot of crap, and comments like that

1:21.9

just make it harder for them, and we apologize for that.

1:25.5

I feel bad that I personally didn't do more to correct it in the moment.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Beasley Media Group, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Beasley Media Group and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.