John Henry/Red Sox

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BoomerBoomerluxury_boxOP
Oct 5, 2010, 06:32 PM

This guy is bidding to buy my soccer club Liverpool who have been through hell with Tom Hicks who owned the Rangers.

What's Henry like as an owner?

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SICKSICKforum_veteran
Oct 5, 2010, 06:33 PM

a ******* who couldnt get the marlins a stadium .

DesidesDesidesforum_veteran
Oct 5, 2010, 06:40 PM

"SICK wrote:

a ******* who couldnt get the marlins a stadium .

And left us with Jeffrey ****ing Loria.

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Ray FinkleRay FinkleNew Member
Oct 5, 2010, 06:48 PM

I love him as owner of the Red Sox. I can't speak for Marlin fans because he clearly wasn't popular with them but the guy is a very good owner. He spends money and really seems to care about the team's success. The only negative I have of him is that I think he likes to get too involved at times and talk too much which has cost the Red Sox a few players, like Mark Teixeira for example but after that he's been pretty quite and let's the baseball people do their work and stays out of their way, which is good. Otherwise I couldn't ask for anyone better except for maybe George Sternbrenner.

Section126Section126luxury_box
Oct 6, 2010, 12:21 AM

A first class grade A douchebag of the first order.

He tried to strong arm the city of Miami for a stadium, then threatened relocation and generally had a adversarial relationship with the city of Miami.

On the winning front.....he allowed for the structure, that later came in to build the 2003 World Champion Marlins.

But like Desides said...he did leave us here with Jeff Loria.

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DesidesDesidesforum_veteran
Oct 6, 2010, 12:31 AM

"Ray Finkle wrote:

I love him as owner of the Red Sox. I can't speak for Marlin fans because he clearly wasn't popular with them but the guy is a very good owner. He spends money and really seems to care about the team's success. The only negative I have of him is that I think he likes to get too involved at times and talk too much which has cost the Red Sox a few players, like Mark Teixeira for example but after that he's been pretty quite and let's the baseball people do their work and stays out of their way, which is good. Otherwise I couldn't ask for anyone better except for maybe George Sternbrenner.

I don't think you understand.

JEFF LORIA.

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DolfanJakeDolfanJakeNew Member
Oct 6, 2010, 07:56 AM

"SICK wrote:

a ******* who couldnt get the marlins a stadium .

Oh that's not the whole story. He said he would build the Marlins a stadium, even if he didn't get government help, then welched on his promise, saying he didn't have the $ 325 million it would take to build it. Then less than a year later all of a sudden has $ 700 million, more than twice what it would have cost for a Marlins stadium, to buy the Boston Red Sox. Class A a-hole ! Freakin' lyin' POS. I hate him and actually root for the Yankees when they play Boston Red Sox.

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DolfanJakeDolfanJakeNew Member
Oct 6, 2010, 07:59 AM

"Desides wrote:

And left us with Jeffrey ****ing Loria.

Well that was more a backroom deal made by Bud Selig, he is the culprit in that ****ing deal. Buddy Bud didn't want Loria in Washington (I think everyone can see why) because they needed a new stadium and he knew Loria would be the prick he has been in Miami when trying to get the stadium built. It would have been a PR nightmare for MLB. So So Fla was the sacrificial lamb, and we have paid a huge price for that.

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DolfanJakeDolfanJakeNew Member
Oct 6, 2010, 08:03 AM

"Desides wrote:

I don't think you understand.

JEFF LORIA.

The worst owner of a baseball franchise ever, and in the running for worst owner of a sports franchise period. I wish he would take his artwork and go **** himself with some female piece of artwork up his ***.

See we just love Loria :lol:

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finyank13finyank13New Member
Oct 6, 2010, 03:43 PM

he also looks like a pedophile....who is married to a 26 yr old chick...Liverpool is screwed...

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HardKoreXXXHardKoreXXXNew Member
Oct 6, 2010, 04:03 PM

"finyank13 wrote:

he also looks like a pedophile....who is married to a 26 yr old chick...Liverpool is screwed...

The letter he sent her a few years ago (some mushy xoxo ****) was posted on Deadspin. Good God, it was hilarious. He's creepy as ****, but I guess when you've got that much money chicks don't care if you're the second coming of Norman Bates.

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unluckylucianounluckylucianoNew Member
Oct 6, 2010, 04:08 PM

"SICK wrote:

a ******* who couldnt get the marlins a stadium .

If budhha, jesus and the dhalai lama made a conglomerate to buy the marlins, they still wouldn't be able to get the marlins a stadium.

thanks to VO for the sick ass sigs.


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SICKSICKforum_veteran
Oct 6, 2010, 04:18 PM

"unluckyluciano wrote:

If budhha, jesus and the dhalai lama made a conglomerate to buy the marlins, they still wouldn't be able to get the marlins a stadium.

http://mlb.mlb.com/fla/ballpark/new_ballpark.jsp

finyank13finyank13New Member
Oct 6, 2010, 04:24 PM

"HardKoreXXX wrote:

The letter he sent her a few years ago (some mushy xoxo ****) was posted on Deadspin. Good God, it was hilarious. He's creepy as ****, but I guess when you've got that much money chicks don't care if you're the second coming of Norman Bates.


Dude it is wierd, my buddies wifey is friends with the chick, and she (Henry's chick) comes from millionaire parents....she doesnt need the money...I think she actually likes the guy, either that or she is a Sox whore who like the perks of being the owners chick...

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HardKoreXXXHardKoreXXXNew Member
Oct 6, 2010, 04:59 PM

"finyank13 wrote:

Dude it is wierd, my buddies wifey is friends with the chick, and she (Henry's chick) comes from millionaire parents....she doesnt need the money...I think she actually likes the guy, either that or she is a Sox whore who like the perks of being the owners chick...

I'm gonna try and find it now. Will post it when I do.

EDIT: Well, that was quick. And I was wrong, he let some Boston magazine print these letters. Yeah, he pulled out ALL the stops to bang this broad.

Dear Linda,

A man needs a muse. Well, he doesn't really. He doesn't need nearly as much as he generally thinks he does. A man is greedy. Greedy for what he doesn't think he has and what he thinks he wants.

We probably wouldn't have wandered far beyond the basic necessities without that pushing us. Progress is one of its most important byproducts.

So you will ask, "Why are you writing this?" Because a brief encounter-and-a-half with you gave a cool spin to this little blue planet from my vantage point.

We feted the Celtics tonight and the skies opened. The sun emerged and created a giant rainbow between the city and the park. We were transfixed.
You only saw it if you were in the right place. I was in the right place when I noticed you.

I barely know you. I don't have any illusions about capturing your heart. But the world is brighter, better, lighter and warmer when a man imbues a woman he knows-even tabula rasa-with the attributes I believe reside in you. It's the small things that ultimately matter. The subtle things.

I am honest. I don't play games. And I see no reason not to say that I've been smitten by you and you've done me a great service.

You've very innocently made my world brighter, better, lighter and warmer.

So thanks.

No response is necessary because a man doesn't need nearly as much as he thinks he does.

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BoomerBoomerluxury_box
Oct 6, 2010, 06:26 PM

Cheers guys.

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unluckylucianounluckylucianoNew Member
Oct 6, 2010, 07:45 PM

"SICK wrote:

http://mlb.mlb.com/fla/ballpark/new_ballpark.jsp

It'll collapse on itself :lol:

And fyi I knew about it already smart guy.

thanks to VO for the sick ass sigs.


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BigDogsHuntBigDogsHuntNew Member
Oct 6, 2010, 09:57 PM

"Boomer wrote:

Cheers guys.

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finyank13finyank13New Member
Oct 7, 2010, 09:02 AM

Arte et labore!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BoomerBoomerluxury_box
Oct 14, 2010, 01:34 PM

This unbelievable ball sack Tom Hicks, after losing the rights to my club in the high court yesterday then went to district court in Texas and filed an injunction against the sale and sued my club for 1.6 billion dollars. He's just lost another case iin the high court an hour or so ago saying it was unlawful to do what he did and now he's in some kangaroo court in Texas trying to have THAT judgement overturned. Will he not just die?

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gunsmithxgunsmithxforum_veteran
Oct 14, 2010, 04:46 PM

Ok I'm a touch confused as to how the onwers of the team ended up with no rights to stop the sale of the teams(done by a board they set up?) did they default on loans and the bank took the team? I thought those loans weren't do yet. I'm just curious how the team seems to be fighting it's owners.

finyank13finyank13New Member
Oct 14, 2010, 08:06 PM

"Boomer wrote:

This unbelievable ball sack Tom Hicks, after losing the rights to my club in the high court yesterday then went to district court in Texas and filed an injunction against the sale and sued my club for 1.6 billion dollars. He's just lost another case iin the high court an hour or so ago saying it was unlawful to do what he did and now he's in some kangaroo court in Texas trying to have THAT judgement overturned. Will he not just die?


Boomer so when Henry moves Liverpool to Fenway Park in New England, after he buys them, will you come here to watch them play??? They had a game here this summer....against Celtic I believe...

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padre31padre31luxury_box
Oct 14, 2010, 08:11 PM

"Boomer wrote:

This unbelievable ball sack Tom Hicks, after losing the rights to my club in the high court yesterday then went to district court in Texas and filed an injunction against the sale and sued my club for 1.6 billion dollars. He's just lost another case iin the high court an hour or so ago saying it was unlawful to do what he did and now he's in some kangaroo court in Texas trying to have THAT judgement overturned. Will he not just die?

Boom this must be a real crisis as I am learning far more about English League Football than I ever thought possible.

I take it:

Liverpool is your favorite club

Liverpool is not a good team

There is some sort of long drawn out courtroom drama concerning a bankruptcy and sale of the Franchise?

daphinsdaphinsforum_veteran
Oct 14, 2010, 09:48 PM

"gunsmithx wrote:

Ok I'm a touch confused as to how the onwers of the team ended up with no rights to stop the sale of the teams(done by a board they set up?) did they default on loans and the bank took the team? I thought those loans weren't do yet. I'm just curious how the team seems to be fighting it's owners.

This!

I've been following your twitter posts and am thoroughly confused as to what's going on. How did an owner lose his ownership?

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charlestonphancharlestonphanNew Member
Oct 14, 2010, 11:16 PM

"unluckyluciano wrote:

If budhha, jesus and the dhalai lama made a conglomerate to buy the marlins, they still wouldn't be able to get the marlins a stadium.

my buddy Carl caddied for the Lama several years ago. Big hitter, the Lama. Long. he didn't tip him after the round, but he did promise him that on his death bed, he would receive total consciousness. so he's got that going for him.

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