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Article: A Red Sox era ended with mega-sale.(The Providence Journal)
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- December 20, 2001
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Eras don't always end in elaborate ceremonies.
Or in celebrations on a field, complete with cheers.
Eras don't always end in clear definition, the way we want them to.
Sometimes they end in board rooms. in closed-door meetings and announcements that come in the middle of the night.
So it was with the sale of the Red Sox, the protracted affair that officially closes the Yawkey Era that began in 1933.
Bang the drum slowly.
The era ended last night when John Harrington, the last link to the Yawkeys, and the financial caretaker of their family trust, said that 100 percent of the Red Sox is being sold to a group headed by ...