WooSox prinicpal proprietor Larry Lucchino says ‘it’s time to promote this staff’

Crimson Sox

Lucchino was integral within the choice to relocate the staff to Worcester.

He was integral within the success of the Crimson Sox within the 2000s and is synonymous with bringing a successful tradition again to Boston’s baseball staff as president and CEO. He was the Pawtucket Crimson Sox’ chairman and co-owner starting in 2015, headed the staff’s relocation to Worcester, and have become the Triple-A membership’s principal proprietor.

Now, after a long time of being a baseball govt, Larry Lucchino is in search of to promote the Worcester Crimson Sox.

Lucchino advised Bob Lobel and Mike Lynch on their UnAnchored Boston podcast that he’s prepared at hand Worcester’s keys over to another person.

“I’m now 78. I’ve been at this for over 40 years, so it’s time to promote this staff and to maneuver on … to a blissful retirement,” Lucchino stated.

Lucchino went on to say that he needs to promote the staff to “an area purchaser.” The WooSox have a 35-year lease with Polar Park, which implies the staff might be staying in Worcester for the foreseeable future.

WooSox president Charles Steinberg confirmed the information to WBZ’s Dan Roche on Friday. He added that the staff has drawn buying curiosity courting again to the transfer to Worcester two years in the past.