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Fenway Sports Group: Where stick-and-ball meets tire-and-oil

By Ryan McGee
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, October 16, 2008

October has been a stressful time on Yawkey Way, even more nerve-racking than most sports fans realize. To truly appreciate the blood pressure levels, you need only to take a look back at Saturday night. As the clock chimed in the 11 o'clock hour, the Boston Red Sox were scrambling to rally from one run down and force their American League Championship Series Game 2 matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays into extra innings. While Sox owner John Henry kept one eye on the game in Florida, he was also ...

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