Boston owner Henry takes playful jab at Yankees vice president

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Hank 'inducted' into Red Sox Nation

03/02/2008 8:07 PM ET
By Ian Browne / MLB.com

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Red Sox Nation has a new honorary inductee. And his last name is Steinbrenner. Go figure.

The Red Sox and Yankees don't play a game that counts until April 11, but the rivalry is already in midseason form in the upper levels of team management.

On the heels of Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner ridiculing Red Sox Nation -- saying "It is was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans" -- Red Sox principal owner John W. Henry couldn't help but have a little fun in his rebuttal.

In an e-mail to multiple media entities, including the Hartford Courant and the Boston Herald, Henry pledged to make Steinbrenner an honorary member of "The Nation."

"I'm a big Hank fan," Henry said on Saturday. "Just to ensure he knows how cool Red Sox Nation is, today we officially inducted him as a member of Red Sox Nation and we are sending him his membership card, giving him access to an array of options, including our newsletter, bumper stickers, pins, Green Monster seats and a hat personally autographed by David Ortiz."

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[Forkboy]

1. LMFAO

Hank is buying into the vast Red Sox conspiracy. :)

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2. Then Hank responds by saying that "he would never join Red Sox nation"

But I thought you said it didn't exist Hank?