Article: EZELL UNAWARE OF CONTROVERSY

Linda Ezell, the newest employee of the Red Sox, moved into her office yesterday at Fenway Park.

"It's Buddy LeRoux' old office," she said, sitting where the former part- owner of the club once sat. "I don't think you can get any closer to the front office than that."

Ezell, 41, was named Friday as an executive assistant and director of personnel administration on Yawkey Way. Ezell and Mike Silva, both black, became the first minorities -- other than Tommy Harper -- to hold front-office positions with the Sox, and they now rank among the few minorities to hold front-office jobs in all baseball.

Silva, 28, previously was the club's director of group sales. He was promoted Friday to ...

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