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Ex-Red Sox Chaim Bloom Lands New Front-Office Gig With National League Foe

It was a matter of time before he got a second chance
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Ex-Red Sox Chaim Bloom Lands New Front-Office Gig With National League Foe
Ex-Red Sox Chaim Bloom Lands New Front-Office Gig With National League Foe

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The Boston Red Sox made waves when they moved on from former chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom after a tumultuous four-year tenure as the leader of baseball operations.

At the time of his departure, Bloom was made to be this timid and cheap executive with the sole intention of becoming the Tampa Bay Rays. It's becoming clear this winter that the problem was with ownership being frugal, not Bloom.

Now Bloom will have a chance to prove himself in a much smaller capacity that will also allow him to stay home and reset before jumping into a larger role next season or beyond. 

"The St. Louis Cardinals are set to announce the hiring of Chaim Bloom to the front office in an advisory role," The Athletic's Katie Woo reported Monday, which became official minutes later. "The Cardinals had been linked to the former Red Sox exec dating back to the beginning of the offseason."

The Cardinals are a much better match for Bloom, who was strong at dealing within the margins. 

St. Louis has similar financial restrictions as Boston in the last few years but unlike the Fenway Sports Group, the Cardinals do not pretend that they want to spend freely. 

St. Louis will not scapegoat Bloom, pretending that he's the one afraid to make a big move and then firing him when the public gets up in arms. 

Yes, the former Red Sox exec was too cautious in the trade market but it was not his idea to keep the payroll under $225 million last year, that was an ownership demand. Bloom had one hand behind his back the entire time, that has become clear.

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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