Gordon Edes
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Gordon Edes is an American newspaper sportswriter, and covers the Boston Red Sox baseball beat for the Boston Globe. He is a voter for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
He is also a frequent guest on WBZ television's Sports Final program with Bob Lobel.
[edit] Confrontation with Carl Everett
Edes is famous in Boston for his club house confrontation with former Red Sox outfielder Carl Everett. Everett, who had been the subject of several critical columns by Globe sportswriters told Edes to get away from him and take his "curly-haired boyfriend with him". He was referring to Dan Shaughnessy, another sportswriter with the Globe. The nickname, shorted to CHB, has stuck with Shaughnessy since, even being used by ESPN columnist Bill Simmons in his work.
[edit] Theo Epstein Wedding
In January 2007, Edes fell victim to a prank by Leslie Epstein, father of Red Sox Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein. In response to an email to Edes, Leslie Epstein confirmed that his son had secretly married to Marie Whitney. In the email however, Epstein stated the site of the wedding was at Nathan's Famous hot dog stand at Coney Island. [1] Edes published this only to be later told by Epstein that he was joking about the location.
"Neither Theo or Marie has ever been to Coney Island as far as I know, or has ever tasted a Nathan’s Famous (though I have -- perfectly delicious), and Rabbi Schnitzlebaum slept undisturbed all day long. In short, not a word of it was meant to be taken seriously." [2]
It was later reported that the actual location of the wedding was Red Sox owner John Henry's yacht.[3]
