Jean Yawkey

The condition of Boston Red Sox principal owner Jean Yawkey, 83, has worsened, according to officials at a hospital where she is being treated for a stroke.

Edward G. "Buddy" LeRoux, 77, a former part-owner of the Boston Red Sox and a real estate baron, died Monday in a New Hampshire hospital of what the Boston Globe reported as natural causes. LeRoux started as a trainer for the Red Sox from 1966 to 1974. He served as the team's vice president from 1978 to 1979, then became an owner as part of a group that included Haywood Sullivan and Jean Yawkey, widow of longtime team owner Tom Yawkey. He was forced to sell his share of the team after a failed attempt to wrest control from Sullivan and Yawkey.

Jean Yawkey, majority owner of the Boston Red Sox, had a stroke Thursday evening and was rushed to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was listed in serious condition.

Jean R. Yawkey, a one-time fashion model who took control of the Boston Red Sox after the death of her husband in 1976, died Wednesday at 83. Yawkey died at Massachusetts General Hospital. She suffered a stroke Feb. 20. She entered the baseball world when she married Tom Yawkey in 1944, 11 years after he purchased the team. She headed the club the past 16 years. Yawkey was easy to spot during Red Sox games at Fenway Park. She watched games through binoculars from her rooftop box.

Edward G. "Buddy" LeRoux, 77, a former part-owner of the Boston Red Sox and a real estate baron, died Monday in a New Hampshire hospital of what the Boston Globe reported as natural causes. LeRoux started as a trainer for the Red Sox from 1966 to 1974. He served as the team's vice president from 1978 to 1979, then became an owner as part of a group that included Haywood Sullivan and Jean Yawkey, widow of longtime team owner Tom Yawkey. He was forced to sell his share of the team after a failed attempt to wrest control from Sullivan and Yawkey.

Jean R. Yawkey, a one-time fashion model who took control of the Boston Red Sox after the death of her husband in 1976, died Wednesday at 83. Yawkey died at Massachusetts General Hospital. She suffered a stroke Feb. 20. She entered the baseball world when she married Tom Yawkey in 1944, 11 years after he purchased the team. She headed the club the past 16 years. Yawkey was easy to spot during Red Sox games at Fenway Park. She watched games through binoculars from her rooftop box.

Haywood Sullivan, a former co-owner and general manager of the Boston Red Sox, died Wednesday in Fort Myers, Fla., the team said. He was 72. Sullivan, the team's general manager from 1978 to 1983, died after having a stroke, spokesman Kevin Shea said. He had been living in Naples, Fla. As general manager, he was best known for neglecting to mail a contract offer to catcher Carlton Fisk, allowing the future Hall of Famer to become a free agent and leave Boston for the Chicago White Sox.

Dick O'Connell, 87, a baseball executive who was a leading figure in the revival of the Boston Red Sox in the 1960s, died Sunday at a nursing home in Lexington, Mass. Born in Winthrop, Mass., O'Connell graduated from Boston College and served in Navy intelligence on the staff of Adm. Chester Nimitz during World War II. O'Connell joined the Red Sox organization after the war, serving in a variety of minor league positions.

Edward G. (Buddy) LeRoux, one of three general partners in ownership of the Boston Red Sox, and two business associates were bought out Wednesday. General partners Haywood Sullivan and the J.R.Y. Corp., owned by Jean Yawkey, acted under court authorization and purchased the 16 majority shares owned by Ball One Inc., Strike One Inc., and Albert Curran of Wellesley, Mass. Rogers Badgett and LeRoux controlled Ball One and Strike One, while Curran, an attorney, owned two limited partnership shares.

The condition of Boston Red Sox principal owner Jean Yawkey, 83, has worsened, according to officials at a hospital where she is being treated for a stroke.

Jean Yawkey, majority owner of the Boston Red Sox, had a stroke Thursday evening and was rushed to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was listed in serious condition.

The Oakland Athletics are deciding what to do with pitcher Eric Show, who arrived at training camp Friday with both hands bandaged because of cuts on his hands and fingers. Show, who missed practice in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday and didn't tell the A's he had returned to his home in San Diego, apparently didn't give team officials what they believed was a valid explanation of the injuries. The cuts required stitches at a Phoenix-area hospital.