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Dodgers May Not Win World Series, but They're Shoo-Ins for 'The Smiley'

By Tom KrasovicFeb 28th 2011 – 12:10PM

GLENDALE Ariz. -- Every team in the National League West except the Dodgers owns a league pennant from the last 13 years, two claiming the World Series, most recently the Giants last fall. The Dodgers have gone nearly twice as long without a league flag. In that time, all four expansion teams from the 1990s cracked the...

Polite Robber Holds Up Seattle Convenience Store [VIDEO]

Feb 7th 2011 – 4:35PM

SEATTLE - The owner of a south Seattle convenience store says a man pulled a gun and asked him for a favor - empty the till. White Center Shell station owner John Henry told KING-TV he asked the man, who was in his 50s, what he meant. The man replied, "I'm robbing you, sir." Henry offered him $40, but the man took...

San Diego Son Adrian Gonzalez Seems Destined for Stardom in Boston

By Tom KrasovicDec 7th 2010 – 3:35PM

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Where would the Boston Red Sox be without San Diego to prop them up every few decades or so? First we gave them Ted Williams. Now we're giving them Adrian Gonzalez, another sweet-swinging ballplayer, San Diego born-and-bred. Between sending the Sox those gifts, San Diego also gave to Boston...

Red Sox Owner John Henry: John Farrell 'Will Be Missed'

By FanHouse StaffOct 24th 2010 – 3:58PM

Though the Toronto Blue Jays have not officially named John Farrell their new manager, the Red Sox, who have employed him as their pitching coach since 2007, seem resigned to losing him. "The Jays are getting a great baseball man and a great person," Red Sox owner John Henry wrote in an e-mail to the Boston Globe. "We...

In Battle for Liverpool, it's UK v. Texas in a Trans-Atlantic Legal Scuffle

By Jon WeinbachOct 14th 2010 – 4:34PM

The fight for control of Liverpool, one of international soccer's iconic clubs, has become a trans-Atlantic legal war. Over the past day-and-a-half, judges in London and Dallas have approved, held up and thrown into question the sale of Liverpool to the owners of the Boston Red Sox, whose $476 million bid for the club...

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Background on John Henry

The most notable use of the name John Henry is in a ballad, "John Henry", describing the folk figure John Henry as a "steel-driving man".

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