Larry Lucchino, the previous Crimson Sox president who helped construct the franchise into one of many preeminent baseball groups of the twenty first century, has died. He was 78 years previous.
“We’re heartbroken to share that our beloved brother an uncle, Lawrence Lucchino, handed away on April 2 surrounded by his household. The Lucchino household needs to thank his associates and caregivers who, over the previous few months, have surrounded him with love, laughter, and comfortable reminiscences,” the household stated in a press release posted on the group’s social media accounts.
Lucchino got here on as Crimson Sox president in 2002, after the group was bought by an possession group led by John Henry. Below Lucchino’s management, the group gained the 2004 World Collection — its first championship win in 86 years — adopted by two extra World Collection titles in 2007 and 2013. Lucchino stepped down as president in 2015.
Lucchino’s profession with the Crimson Sox was contentious at instances, and included conflicts with common supervisor Theo Epstein, the younger government he cultivated throughout their stints within the entrance workplaces of the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres. Lucchino helped carry Epstein to the Crimson Sox, the place in 2002 he turned the youngest-ever common supervisor in Main League Baseball on the age of 28. Epstein is now broadly seen as one of many best executives in MLB historical past, with two World Collection main the Crimson Sox entrance workplace and one other helming the Chicago Cubs.
Lucchino was additionally instrumental within the institution of the Worcester Crimson Sox, the most important league group’s prime minor league affiliate. He owned and chaired the Triple-A group when it was nonetheless based mostly in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and helped orchestrate its transfer to Worcester. The relocation was seen by many as a boon to the central Massachusetts metropolis, the place the group made its debut in 2021, however left longtime followers in Pawtucket offended and bereft. Lucchino bought the Worcester Crimson Sox late final 12 months.
Apart from his baseball actions, Lucchino was the chairman of the Jimmy Fund, a childhood most cancers charity that for many years has been affiliated with the Boston Crimson Sox. The trigger was private to Lucchino, who battled most cancers a number of instances over the course of his life.
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