Ben Cherington

Benjamin P. Cherington (born July 14, 1974) is an American former professional baseball executive and current executive in residence in Columbia University's sports management program.

From October 25, 2011, through August 18, 2015, he was the executive vice president and general manager of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He succeeded Theo Epstein in that position, having worked in the team's baseball operations office since 1999, before Epstein's arrival.

Early life

Born in Meriden, New Hampshire, he is the grandson of former Dartmouth College professor Richard Eberhart, a poet who won the Pulitzer Prize. Cherington graduated from Lebanon High School, where he was a pitcher on the varsity baseball team. He matriculated at Amherst College, where he was a member of the Gamma chapter of Psi Upsilon fraternity, and has a Masters in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was originally hired by the Red Sox in 1999 by Dan Duquette, an Amherst College alumnus who was then the club's general manager, after Cherington spent the previous season as an advance scout for the Cleveland Indians.

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, that competes in Major League Baseball (MLB). They are members of the East division of the American League (AL). The Red Sox have won eight World Series championships, having appeared in 12. Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around 1908, following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the "Boston Red Stockings", including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves.

Boston was a dominant team in the new league, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918. However, they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, called by some the "Curse of the Bambino" after its alleged beginning with the Red Sox' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918, an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Championship in 2004. The team's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history, including Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" in 1946, the "Impossible Dream" of 1967, Carlton Fisk's home run in 1975, and Bill Buckner's error in 1986. Following their victory in the 2013 World Series, they became the first team to win three World Series trophies in the 21st century, including championships in 2004 and 2007. Red Sox history has also been marked by the team's intense rivalry with the Yankees, arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports.

Cherington

Coordinates: 52°02′N 1°35′W / 52.03°N 1.58°W / 52.03; -1.58

Cherington is a village and civil parish beside the River Stour about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Shipston-on-Stour. Cherington is contiguous with the village of Stourton.

History

The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist has many 13th-century features, including the Early English Gothic east windows of the chancel and north aisle, one of the south windows of the nave, the arcade of two bays between the nave and north aisle and the lower stages of the bell tower. At the east end of the north aisle, in a piercing in the wall between the aisle and nave, is the effigy from about 1320 of a man in civilian clothes believed to be a Franklin.

The upper stages of the tower are 15th-century, as are the Perpendicular Gothic clerestory and present roof of the nave. A large window in the south wall of the nave is also Perpendicular Gothic. The chancel arch was probably built in about 1500 or the early part of the 16th century. Two of the windows in the north wall of the north aisle and the battlements at the top of the bell tower are 18th-century additions.