Linda Pizzuti now has ownership stake in Red Sox

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Holy focking christ.

 

Disgusting.

 

No wonder they aren't signing anyone.

 

 

 

 

Linda Pizzuti Henry now owns a piece of the Boston Red Sox.

In a transaction made late last summer, Pizzuti Henry, the wife of Red Sox principal owner John W. Henry, acquired a portion of the shares owned by former Fenway Sports Group limited partner Arthur Nicholas.

Pizzuti Henry becomes the first woman to own at least a share of the Red Sox in more than a quarter century, dating back to the death of Jean Yawkey in 1992.

Since her marriage to John Henry in 2009, Pizzuti Henry has played an active role with the Red Sox and at Fenway Park. She was the creative force behind Fenway Farms, Tessie the Green Monster and NESN TV shows, plus she is the managing director at the Boston Globe, which is also owned by her husband. She works with several foundations, including the Red Sox and Boston Globe foundations, and she is active behind the scenes with the Liverpool Football Club. A creator of HUBweek in Boston, Pizzuti Henry has also been an advocate for women entering and thriving in the business world.

“It’s an important moment for the Red Sox,” Red Sox CEO and president Sam Kennedy said this afternoon. “It’s a great thing, one, for the Red Sox to have a woman owner, and two, she has become an absolute force in the city of Boston.

“She’s passionate about the city of Boston, she’s passionate about connecting with the next generation in terms of technology and content, and she’s a force. Many of our senior level women executives have worked with her, she’s gathered women executives from different industries to speak about leadership and technology. It’s a very important moment for the Red Sox.”

Kennedy classified her portion shares as a “small interest.”

Fenway Sports Group is the holding company for not only the Red Sox, but also Liverpool, NESN, Fenway Park, Fenway Sports Management and Roush Racing.

Including John Henry and Tom Werner, who are the day-to-day managers and hold decision-making authority at FSG, there are 19 investors in all. John Henry holds the largest share, estimated at 40 percent, with Werner and Michael Gordon the next largest shareholders.

Kennedy explained, in broad strokes, how the ownership group works.

“John Henry and Tom Werner are the owners and managers of the entity, they run the owners’ meetings and have decision-making authority over all of the businesses,” he said. “I report to John and Tom, the CEO of Liverpool reports to John and Tom, the CEO of NESN reports to John and Tom — they’re the managing, day to day owners. The other investors, people like Frank Resnick, Marty Trust, Philip Morse, and now Linda Henry, they are investors. So, they don’t have an active role in the day-to-day operations.”

Considering Pizzuti Henry became an owner nearly half a year ago, without any notice or fanfare from the company, her active role with the ball club is not expected to change after gaining a seat at the owners’ table.

“Linda is obviously family and she, for many years, has had a big impact on Fenway Sports Group and specifically the Red Sox,” Kennedy said. “She’s very passionate about connecting kids and children to baseball and sports in general. I’m not as familiar with it, but she’s had a very similar impact over at Liverpool with respect to kids and youth marketing initiatives.

“So she has been active and involved with the Red Sox for many years. She’s been a part of the Red Sox family, literally and spiritually, for a long time.”

Pizzuti Henry is a native of Lynnfield and holds a bachelor’s degree from Babson and a master’s degree from MIT.

Female ownership in baseball is not a new phenomenon, although female representation among the 30 current teams is rare. The Yankees have three female members of the Steinbrenner family in an ownership capacity while Laura Ricketts is currently a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs.

Jean Yawkey ran the Red Sox from 1976, when her husband, Tom, died until 1992. Joan Kroc became owner of the San Diego Padres after the death of her husband, Ray, in 1984 and then sold the team to a group headed by Werner in 1990. Jamie McCourt was a co-owner of the Dodgers with her then-husband, Boston parking lot magnate Frank McCourt, from 2004-2011. Marge Schott owned the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1990.

 

 

 

Gross on so many levels

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Pretend we aren't all chowds. Who?

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Pretend we aren't all chowds. Who?

 

The owners (John Henry) new wife as of 2009

[Hardcore troubadour 15,120]

Seeing as the Red Sox follow everything the Yankees do, I'm not surprised. George's daughter has a piece of the Yanks.

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Wood.

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Wood.

 

He married her for her brains and she married him for his stunning good looks.

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Wood.

Wood not. She looks like a 'redtodds private parts'

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Wood not. She looks like a 'redtodds private parts'

 

I don't want to marry her. I want to fock those tatas.

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Lots of teeth and a possible over-bite. She must be east coast.