Two Good Things: Ben Cherington Introduced as GM and John Lackey Will Undergo Tommy John Surgery...Tommy John Lackey Surgery
The Sox introduced Ben Cherington as the 11th general manager of your Boston Red Sox today and this is what I was thinking:
- First of all, he sounds just like Theo Epstein. It's ridiculous. Blind members of Red Sox Nation were probably like, "What is Theo Epstein doing at Ben Cherington's press conference right now?"
- He still looks like Zo to me, but not as much as I once thought.
- His entire opening speech was either memorized or off the top of his head. That's legit. He didn't look down at notes or anything once.
- When asked how he would differ from Theo, Cherington said, "I can't play guitar...and I don't own a gorilla suit." Zingah!
- I didn't hear from Nick Cafardo or Sean McAdam at all during the Q&A portion...interesting. Where the hell was Game Time Gammons, for that matter?
- I didn't know Cherington was the driving force behind signing Adrian Beltre. That was arguably the second best signing of the last decade next to Papi signing in 2003.
Lastly, Ben Cherington kind of broke some news in the middle of the Q&A. He told the media that John Lackey has decided to undergo Tommy John Surgery.
I've never met Tommy John, but if I ever do, I am going to shake his hand and thank him because he is the reason we won't have to watch John Lackey do what he calls pitching.
I will probably start calling him Tommy John Lackey now or something.
Double lastly, I need to think of a nickname for Ben Cherington now that Pearl Jam bolted for Chicago.
If you have any good ones, let me know.
Posted by Manny Ortez at 10/25/2011 3:27 PM 
Categories: Red Sox
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Categories: Red Sox
Tags: red sox mlb ben cherington named general manager and vice president
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