"But prior to the festivities, LeRoux called a press conference and announced that he and the majority of the team's limited partners, chiefly Badgett and Al Curran, were exercising language in their partnership agreement to overthrow Sullivan and Yawkey and take command of the club.He announced a "reorganization of internal management" and appointed himself managing general partner, while bringing in former Red Sox general manager Dick O'Connell to replace Sullivan as head of baseball operations.