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BoSox owner wants rings on opening day
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseba...02/21/bosox_owner_wants_rings_on_opening_day/
By Howard Ulman, AP Sports Writer | February 21, 2005
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox minority owner Tom Werner prefers that the players receive their World Series rings on the day of their home opener April 11 against the New York Yankees.
"There's a lot of debate about the proper time to do it," he said Monday, "but I think the fans deserve to see it on opening day, but that's just one man's opinion."
He said he planned to meet Tuesday with principal owner John Henry and chief executive officer Larry Lucchino and expected a decision soon. Henry has said the timing of the ceremony could depend on when the rings are ready.
The team has received numerous suggestions from inside and outside the organization, executive vice president for public affairs Charles Steinberg said. They include distributing the rings at a charitable fundraiser.
Werner said that the club plans to distribute rings to about 500 members of its organization and that Red Sox research shows that championship rings were given out at a home opener only once. Curt Schilling has told the club he thinks they should be presented before Boston's home opener.
"We'll focus on it and the fans will be very pleased with the solution," Werner said.
He also said the ceremony would be done tastefully and would not be perceived as an attempt to rub into the Yankees the fact that the Red Sox beat them in the AL championship series.
"The Yankees can always sit in the clubhouse," Werner said. "It's not going to be a very long ceremony, so we care about doing things in a first-class fashion and we'll do it appropriately."
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseba...02/21/bosox_owner_wants_rings_on_opening_day/
By Howard Ulman, AP Sports Writer | February 21, 2005
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox minority owner Tom Werner prefers that the players receive their World Series rings on the day of their home opener April 11 against the New York Yankees.
"There's a lot of debate about the proper time to do it," he said Monday, "but I think the fans deserve to see it on opening day, but that's just one man's opinion."
He said he planned to meet Tuesday with principal owner John Henry and chief executive officer Larry Lucchino and expected a decision soon. Henry has said the timing of the ceremony could depend on when the rings are ready.
The team has received numerous suggestions from inside and outside the organization, executive vice president for public affairs Charles Steinberg said. They include distributing the rings at a charitable fundraiser.
Werner said that the club plans to distribute rings to about 500 members of its organization and that Red Sox research shows that championship rings were given out at a home opener only once. Curt Schilling has told the club he thinks they should be presented before Boston's home opener.
"We'll focus on it and the fans will be very pleased with the solution," Werner said.
He also said the ceremony would be done tastefully and would not be perceived as an attempt to rub into the Yankees the fact that the Red Sox beat them in the AL championship series.
"The Yankees can always sit in the clubhouse," Werner said. "It's not going to be a very long ceremony, so we care about doing things in a first-class fashion and we'll do it appropriately."