Check this flashy lead...
"I’ve been asked to write a blog for the New England Sports Network. This is my first blog."
Woah. He's hooked us, right there. What comes next?
a. Who the fuck am I?
b. Name, date and teacher assignment.
c. Meaning of life.
d. Why I, billionaire John Henry, am so full of mirth and delight.
Answer: d
"As some of you know, this summer, I began Tweeting after Jack Welch convinced me that it could be entertaining and fun -- for me, not for my readers!
"But I quickly found out that having a sense of humor on Twitter produces quite an effect. Perhaps people don’t generally expect a baseball owner to have a sense of humor. It’s almost certainly of paramount importance to have a sense of humor, though, over the course of the seasons. Tom Werner and I manage to laugh about certain things on a daily basis. When you lose 60 games a year, you need comedy. And Tom’s had a magnificent career in comedy."
The Dirt Dogs won't sleep well tonight.
"When you lose 60 games a year?" He wishes.
ReplyDeleteWell, you do have to lose 60 before you can lose 80.
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