John Henry was already a millionaire long ago, and his reputation as one of the most important traders in the global futures markets has skyrocketed. Henry will likely go down in history because he led the Boston Red Sox to the baseball team's first world championship since 1904 in 2004 and broke one of the most absurd curses in sports. The victory was not just due to a thrilling series of games by the Boston Red Sox, who trailed the New York Yankees 3-0 in the American League Championship Series. The base team turned defeat into victory.
In early 2002, Henry and other partners (including television producer Tom Warner and veteran baseball manager Larry Lucchino) purchased the Boston Red Sox for an unprecedented $690 million. The team, then 55-year-old Henry boldly took various measures to promote the team's turnover, thus laying the foundation for today's victory. Fenway Park is the oldest game venue in Major League Baseball. In order to make full use of all the conditions at Fenway Park, they squeezed in more seats into the stadium. They then set maximum ticket prices for every home game, and eventually all seats in the stadium were sold out. At the same time, they began broadcasting Boston Red Sox games on their cable sports network, the New England Sports Network (which they owned 80% of), using a high-definition television signal. home games, allowing the New England Network to consistently outperform local primetime ratings.
All of this has helped the Boston Red Sox become the second most attractive professional baseball team in the world. As a result, the team has gained the economic strength to compete with the Yankees. In the new beginning This season, the total salary of Yankees players reached a record-breaking $184 million. The Red Sox players' total salary ranks second at $127 million.
Henry is a numbers genius, his private futures trading system consistently brings him double-digit returns, and in team management, he uses baseball statistics to bridge the gap. This is a method of managing a team by studying baseball statistics. With the help of this system, Henry can on the one hand find undervalued players and on the other hand avoid signing long-term contracts with players who are older, such as game performance. Pitcher Pedro Martinez is likely to decline. Henry built the most efficient team in baseball, but he won't stop with this one championship. Henry's goal is to turn this team, which has been dormant for 86 years, into an ace team.