‘Fire Craig! Sell the Team!’ Banner Flies Amid Red Sox Season Disaster
The Boston Red Sox are enduring a disappointing season, leading to fan frustration and a banner flown over Fenway Park calling for Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow to be fired. Despite recent managerial changes, supporters remain dissatisfied, blaming broader organizational decisions by ownership group Fenway Sports Group. Having experienced recent success, fans are unwilling to accept a return to prolonged losing.
- ▪The Red Sox have a 12-19 record as they begin a series against the Houston Astros.
- ▪Fans flew a banner over Fenway Park demanding that Craig Breslow be fired.
- ▪Fenway Sports Group owns the Red Sox, Liverpool FC, and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
- ▪The Red Sox last won the World Series in 2018 before trading away star player Mookie Betts.
- ▪Longtime fans who once endured decades without a title are now demanding accountability after recent success.
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By Tyler ErzbergerShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.For a century, Boston Red Sox fans only knew what pain felt like.They were cursed. No matter how many superstars passed through New England and represented the Red Sox at Fenway Park, things ended in melancholy.Then, in 2004, the Red Sox won the World Series and went on to add multiple others over the next decade-plus, putting them in rarified air compared to any other Major League Baseball franchise in the 21st century.But since winning their last title in 2018 and selling off generational talent Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers, it's been all downhill for the franchise.During the dark years, Red Sox…
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