FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Here's how long John Henry and Tom Werner have owned the Boston Red Sox: When their $695 million bid to buy the team was approved on Dec. 20, 2001, the New England Patriots had not yet won a Super Bowl.
Yeah, it's been a while.
And with Henry and Werner recently celebrating their 15th anniversary as Red Sox principal owner and chairman, respectively, they thought it might be appropriate to use the Patriots as inspiration in their annual spring-training address to the team Friday before the first full-squad workout at JetBlue Park.