Not that long after the dramatic news broke that the Red Sox were trading star slugger Rafael Devers to the Giants on Sunday, a longtime conspiracy theory made a prominent return: Somehow, this was the fault of—or at least partly to do with—the Liverpool Football Club.
Both of the historic teams are owned by multinational sports holding conglomerate Fenway Sports Group, with John Henry as principal owner (Henry is also the publisher and owner of Boston Globe Media Partners). The financial actions of one team have periodically been seen by some fans as corresponding with the other, though actual evidence has always been scant at best.