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Book excerpt

How trust evaporated between Red Sox, Terry Francona

Third of three excerpts from former Red Sox manager Terry Francona’s memoir, co-authored by Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, which went on sale Jan. 22.

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Had to be Lucchino, Henry or Werner.  No way it was Theo.  My money is on Werner.

If only the Doc (under the medical oath), Theo (who had a vested interest) and Francona (who did not want people to know) knew, logic dictates it was Theo who threw him under the bus by going to upper management.  From there, one has to determine who Hohler uses as his "team source" and that is your Judas.

Very important series for Boston and the Red Sox history. In many ways, Boston threw Tito "under the bus" for a bad season. Shame on them. I guess it is just about the money at the corporate level.

According to the HIPPA law, divulging private medical information is a Federal Crime.

I don't understand why Tito's having a bottle of percoset caused such a problem in the first place. The casualness with which Lucchino said he came to learn about Tito's pain killer issue shows that the supposed confidentiality of the system was a sham.

Nothing in this excerpt suprises me. Henry was likely advised by Lucchino not to communicate with Tito in case he said something that could be used against the Sox. Lucchino and the Sox PR machine went into damage control and leaked whatever they had to to deflect blame from the organization. They do the same thing when popular players leave. This works well when the team is winning but, with how the team has performed over the past few years, the public is starting to pay more attention to how ownership and top management operates.

Unfortunate that Bud Selig wired the Red Sox purchase for Henry and Werner--instead of Joe O'Donnell's group, which likely would have been the kind of invested local Boston owners committed to building and sustaining a first class franchise.  The World Series championships will always matter, but the organization has been built on a weak foundation, with flawed values by owners more concerned about making money than on creating an enduring high quality franchise.

Trust now lost, the Trio will never again be taken seriously.