Words, Words, Words
Here are the top 50 words, excluding definite and indefinite articles, used in the statements released today by the full gamut of Red Sox personnel: John W. Henry, Tom Werner, Larry Lucchino, Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer, and Ben Cherington. Collectively, they used 695 different words to announce the return of Epstein as general manager of the Red Sox.
| Rank | Occurrences | Word |
| 1. | 55 | we |
| 2. | 40 | I |
| 3. | 37 | in |
| 4. | 36 | have |
| 5. | 32 | as |
| 6. | 29 | our |
| 7. | 23 | Theo |
| 8. | 20 | red |
| 9. | 20 | sox |
| 10. | 20 | on |
| 11. | 17 | baseball |
| 12. | 17 | organization |
| 13. | 17 | with |
| 14. | 16 | will |
| 15. | 15 | has |
| 16. | 13 | Jed |
| 17. | 13 | Ben |
| 18. | 12 | Larry |
| 19. | 12 | not |
| 20. | 11 | it |
| 21. | 11 | been |
| 22. | 11 | us |
| 23. | 10 | all |
| 24. | 10 | during |
| 25. | 10 | was |
| 26. | 10 | work |
| 27. | 9 | general |
| 28. | 9 | last |
| 29. | 9 | manager |
| 30. | 9 | more |
| 31. | 9 | Tom |
| 32. | 8 | but |
| 33. | 8 | were |
| 34. | 7 | also |
| 35. | 7 | continue |
| 36. | 7 | operations |
| 37. | 7 | weeks |
| 38. | 6 | John |
| 39. | 6 | opportunity |
| 40. | 6 | very |
| 41. | 6 | office |
| 42. | 6 | well |
| 43. | 6 | me |
| 44. | 6 | what |
| 45. | 6 | over |
| 46. | 6 | Hoyer |
| 47. | 6 | Cherington |
| 48. | 6 | roles |
| 49. | 6 | Theo’s |
| 50. | 5 | vision |
There were some provocative words used five times: together, people, them, time, entire, major, direction, return, my, issues, success, one.
Words that were only used once include: heart, soul, dreams, championship, inform, clarity, melodramatic, hope, explained, effectiveness, mythology, worthwhile.
There was no mention of money, years, or contract terms. I wonder if Epstein held out for equity in the team. Neither was there discussion on Willie Harris (the utility fielder was acquired by the Red Sox on January 19th on a one-year, split contract) or the Coco Crisp trade (which hit a snag because Guillermo Mota failed a physical and Mark Shapiro is trying to finagle Manny Delcarmen, according to Rotoworld).
Comments
Shouldn't Theo's and Theo count as the same word? In any case, it's nice to see that every instance of 'red' was matched with a 'sox' - can't be getting too casual with these things. :)
BlackJack ∙ 24 January 2006 ∙ 9:23 PM