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May 15, 2006

Stein Should Fire The Kid

From iBerkshires.com -

Hard work is nothing new to graduating senior defenseman and men's lacrosse captain Kellen Benjamin (Dedham, MA), so the prospect of working 80-hour weeks for the Boston Red Sox beginning in mid June is not going to throw him.

Benjamin, through an employee of his mother's Home for Little Wanderers in Boston, was able to get the cell phone number for Theo Epstein, the Executive Vice President/General Manager of the Red Sox who runs the Red Sox Baseball Operations Department. One can only imagine how many members of Red Sox nation would pay to get a hold of Theo Epstein's phone number? Benjamin never did and never will give up that phone number, so don't even bother to ask.

"There wasn't really any particular job open, but I heard that there might be something in the summer so I called Theo to try and let him know I was interested in setting up a meeting," said Benjamin.

Benjamin had an ace up his sleeve when he headed to his interview with Epstein and the Baseball Operations folks at the Red Sox. Classmate Will Kuntz had spent the last three summers as an intern to the New York Yankees' GM Brian Cashman and has been hired full-time to work for Cashman after graduation. Kuntz gave Benjamin some tips. "Will gave me some great questions to ask and he told me the kind of attitude and approach the Red Sox would most likely be looking for which was very helpful."

Someone should tell Will Kuntz that Yankees do not help Red Sox. If his friend, Kellen Benjamin, has some skills, then why help the Sox by allowing them to see them? Yeah, sure, you want to help a friend. But, the Sox?

Dude........

Posted by Steve Lombardi at May 15, 2006 02:21 PM

Comments

Of course, Torre has been helping the Sox every time he pencils Cairo into the lineup, and every time he has Sturtze enter a game...

:D

Posted by: Raf [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 15, 2006 03:25 PM