FORT MYERS, Fla. — How much do I love Larry Lucchino? Let me count the ways. I may not be able to come up with 100, but there’s a lot to love about the Red Sox CEO.
■ He played basketball at Princeton with Bill Bradley.
■ He built Camden Yards, the ballpark that changed everything about the way ballparks are built over the last two decades.
■ The late George Steinbrenner hated Lucchino.
■ It was Lucchino who oversaw the spectacular renovation of Fenway Park.
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