Every so often—particularly during the doldrums of the off-season—we like to look back at what
FenwayNation was obsessed with in the past. Ten years ago this week (January 6, 2009), our lead story reacted to the news that
John Henry's hedge funds were doing
extremely well—despite the nation's economy being in a recessionary tailspin. You may recall that there was a stock market meltdown in September of 2008 that led to massive bailouts and other macroeconomic tinkering that (to some degree) lasts until today. Anyway, the Red Sox owner was actually
prospering while the rest of us were scrambling to cope with the worst financial crisis since
The Great Depression. Doesn't it always seem to work out that way? It just further reinforces our view that we will
never shed any tears for the baseball-related financial outlays of Mr. Henry. Don't worry, he can afford it.
