As more and more time passes, it seems the Red Sox get further and further from landing a new manager. Mike Maddux, one who many thought was a frontrunner for Boston’s manager position, has decided he does not want to work in Boston. He states that his reason for removing himself from consideration as a Boston manager is that he would not be able to see his family enough. “The game of baseball has many sacrifices, but being apart from family is the toughest,” Says Maddux. “I feel there is too much distance between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Boston to see my family as much as I'd enjoy.”
With this loss of a potential manager, this leaves Boston with Sandy Alomar Jr., who the team will be interviewing Wednesday, and Pete Mackanin and Dale Sveum, who they interviewed last week. It seems that the team wants to get somebody who might be a little more aggressive and vocal than former manager Terry Francona, which certainly could have been what the team needed at the end of last season. Many believe that the players were simply too comfortable with Terry Francona, and as a result were not being pushed as much as they could have been. While the search for a manager has been slow, Red Sox GM Ben Cherington has said that he would like to have a new manager by Thanksgiving.
Submitted by Mike Guarino
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