Say this for the Boston Red Sox: When a season turns sour, they do not stand still. As they lurch to the finish of a third wretched season in the last four years, the Red Sox on Tuesday hired Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations. It was only the latest seismic shake-up for the franchise.
Dombrowski, who was fired as the Detroit Tigers’ president and general manager this month, replaces Ben Cherington, who declined the chance to stay on as general manager, as the team’s baseball decision maker. The title would have been hollow, anyway — Dombrowski, who has built three World Series teams in a long executive career, is in charge.