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...answer is yes. Immediately after the Nov. 2 murder of firebrand filmmaker Theo van Gogh, 47 - whose recent work included a controversial attack on Muslim violence against women - a Dutch Muslim man with alleged ties to a terrorist gang was arrested for the crime. That touched off a violent anti-Muslim backlash, which has forced some Dutch citizens to question the limits of free speech, others to ask whether the country's age-old reputation for tolerance is a thing of the past, and still others to wonder whether their grand experiment in integration has ignited an all-out clash...
...This is for everyone who played for the Red Sox, who's rooted for the Red Sox, whose relatives rooted for the Red Soxit is so much bigger than the 25 guys in this clubhouse," enthused Boston's general manager Theo Epstein as his team sprayed champagne around the clubhouse after sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in four games. Just 30 years young, Epstein is living every Boston fan's childhood fantasy, leading the team he has rooted forand suffered withto that long-elusive championship. "In New England," he said, eyes welling, "this is life...
Boston's brass, which shelled out $130 million to bankroll this year's team (baseball's second-highest payroll total, after the Yankees' $190 million), pledges that it will continue to be aggressive. But general manager Theo Epstein prides himself on not overpaying for talent. Martinez, who made $17.5 million this year, is likely to seek at least a four-year contract worth some $15 million a year. But is an often injured 33-year-old who can rarely pitch beyond the sixth inning worth all that? "He's replaceable," says an American League general manager. "They...
LESLIE EPSTEIN, father of Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, predicting how Sox fans will react to the loss of their underdog status...
Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said last week his squad defeated their rivals "for all the great Red Sox players who never found a way to beat the Yankees." Among those greats was TED WILLIAMS, who never won a World Series in his Sox career...