Stoking Sox Fever
Number one, I don't believe this is part of some corporate conspiracy because the Globe's parent, the New York Times Co., is a part-owner of the team. Number two, I'm not trying to take any of the steam out of one simmering hot stove season.
But why is the perfunctory press conference announcing the completely anticipated appointment of Sox co-GM's Ben Cherington and Jed Hoyer, (even with a hint that Theo Epstein may return) the
dominant feature of the front page of a major newspaper with national and international ambitions? And yes, given the above-the-fold play and the large photo, it does dominate the page.
Seems to me that this story belonged on the Sports front with a front-page teaser. When the public turns on the media -- as was the case in the infamous Theo Epstein divorce from the Sox earlier this off-season -- journalists seem perplexed at passions run amok among the fandom. But sometimes the press is guilty of overhyped and disproportionate coverage of the team. And this is one such case.