Losing a job is hard.
Losing a job and then still having to go out the same day and do said job one more time? Well, that’s just baseball. Ask former Red Sox Manager Ron Roenicke, who had to manage Sunday's game just after the team's management told him he won't be coming back next season.
“The tough part was talking to Chaim this morning, letting me know their decision. Getting to the ballpark and then I wanted people to know, players and staff to know before it came out publicly," Roenicke said, referring to Chaim Bloom, chief baseball officer. "So, that part was difficult."
But Roenicke wasn’t the only one who lost a job. Earlier in September, the team laid off about 10 percent of its full-time staff, citing the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s a sign of the times that an organization that Forbes this year ranked as the third most valuable team in baseball at $3.3 billion is having to cut anyone — just two years after winning the World Series. But even after finishing dead last in the AL East, the Sox may have bigger problems than just baseball as they deal with a season without any revenue from fans in the stands and a potential huge labor conflict in the near future.
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