Red Sox-Yankees preview: Recapping a wild month of August

Photo by: John Wilcox (File)Was it really only one month ago -- July 31, to be precise -- that Ben Cherington walked into the dugout, sat on the bench, and explained to a throng of reporters why the Red Sox didn't make a splash before the nonwaiver trade deadline?

A lot can happen in a month. A lot.

And so, as an ultra frenetic August draws to a close, let's take a quick look at everything that has happened in the Red Sox' universe over the past 30 days:

--Aug. 1: Word leaked that team president/CEO Larry Lucchino would vacate his job at the end of the season. The Red Sox confirm that Sam Kennedy would take over the business aspects of Lucchino's job, and the team would review the structure of…