Red Sox owner takes swipe at Marlins management

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The spring training flap between the Boston Red Sox and Miami Marlins appeared to reach a cordial conclusion when Boston general manager Ben Cherington apologized for sending a predominantly minor league lineup to Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, FL on Thursday.

However, one tweet from Boston Red Sox owner John Henry on Saturday afternoon may rekindle the flame.

As noted, the flap stems from Thursday's Grapefruit League game. The Marlins were far from pleased with Boston's lineup because for that spring training game only they put "super premium" prices into effect so their fans would have to pay more to see Boston's cast of all-stars play.

It seemed like a safe deal for them, since by rule the Red Sox were required to bring at least four major leaguers to the game. Just having four there would likely satisfy the paying customer, but instead the Red Sox disregarded the rule and the Marlins in turn had the league review their actions.

Even though his team was technically in the wrong — they aren't the first and won't be the last to disregard the rule — John Henry apparently didn't take too kindly to Miami's reaction. After digesting the situation for 48 hours, his response was a seemingly out-of-nowhere tweet that serves as an obvious swipe at Marlins' owner Jeffrey Loria's typically cheap business practices and constantly rebuilding lineups.

"They should apologize for their regular season lineups." - John Henry via Twitter

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The Marlins deserve that one. Of course some pvssie will cry about the comment and demand a fake apology.

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Light tap not a swipe

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Light tap not a swipe

Definitely a swipe. The Marlins are a disgrace to sports and their ownership should be jailed for bilking Miami out of millions. John Henry will probably claim his account was hacked by edjr.

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Too bad it was 3 days after 30,000 people had already said it on twitter

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Too bad it was 3 days after 30,000 people had already said it on twitter

Henry owns the Boston Globe, which is usually a year behind anything significant in the Boston news world.