On the field of play, this is a minor story, but behind the scenes, I think this is a really bad thing.

It seems to me that it was obvious that The Dentist was leaking Lucchino's complaints about Theo to his buddy Dan "CHB" Shaughnessy - the old Baltimore connection, the old "Us old guys know better than these snot-nosed computer geeked whippersnappers".

Guess Ben Cherington better not disagree with Lucchino, or else there'll be a smear job in the papers by CHB quoting anonymous sources of course, wink, wink.

So now the Sox have a PR guy who can't keep his mouth shut - even at the point of interfering with baseball ops.  So now that Theo is gone, Lucchino has told his confidante that the coast is clear for his return - and just in time for a schmaltzy celebration of Fenway's 100 anniversary, which will have to be the theme this year, because the on-field product is questionable.