2011 RED SOX’S LOCKEROOM

SCANDALBraxton Tucker

Overview 2011 Collapse Ethics in the Locker Room Players & Administration Involvement Lack Of Leadership Results

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The Collapse Month Wins LossesApril 11 15

May 19 10

June 16 9

July 20 6

August 17 12

September 7 20

2011 Season Record (90-72)

AL EAST W L PCT. GB Home RoadNY Yankees 97 65 .599 __ 52-29 45-36

Tampa Bay Rays 91 71 .562 6 47-34 44-37

Boston Red Sox 90 72 .556 7 45-36 45-36

Toronto Blue Jays 81 81 .500 16 42-39 39-42

Baltimore Orioles 69 93 .426 28 39-42 30-51

• 1st team in history to have a nine-game lead in September and fail to make the playoffs

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Ethics in the Locker Room Some team have permitted alcohol only

after games and on flights. There is a time and place for alcohol Teammates are performing and you

have guys in the locker room not supporting.

This is a bad message for kids and the image of the players.

Alcohol has a time and a place.

Players in the Mix Josh Beckett, Jon Lester,

and John LackeySpent September eating biscuits and fried

chicken, drinking beer, and playing video games in the clubhouse during games.

These guys joined a hand full of others who decided to cut back on their exercise regimens.

Lack of Leadership Administration Players

Dustin Pedroia quit leading.Tim Wakefield chasing his 200th career win

rather than team goals.Kevin Youkilis played injured most of the

season saying Jacoby Ellsbury hadn’t the prior season.

Administration Manager-Terry Francona

spent all season living in hotel after separating from his wife of 30 years.

Also taking left over pain killers from a 2010 knee surgery.

No set contract for the 2012 season

Administration General Manager-Theo

EpsteinIn charge of signing free agent

Carl Crawford as the highest paid outfielder in history○ .255 .289 .405 stole only 18

basesOn the other hand Red Sox

already had “speedy lefthanded-hitting outfielder” in Ellsbury

Administration Owner- John W. Henry

Hadn’t won a playoff game since 2007

When Henry bought team, they were a passion and priority to him, a championship driven team.Seem to have been more about promoting

their brand rather than their baseball team, just another stock to add to Roush Racing and Liverpool

Results Terry Francona – was declined to exercise 2012

option,but Hired by the Cleveland Indians for the 2012 season

Theo Epstein – Left and became the President of baseball operation at the Chicago Cubs

Jonathon Paplebon- (7yrs/ RedSox)signed with the Phillies in 2012

Bobby Valentine- in a 2012 report new manager said, “there is no beer in the clubhouse and no beer on the last leg of plane trips”

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The End

What year did the Red Sox’s experience an historic collapse?

2011