document: Former Boston GM Lou Gorman dead at 82 One last opening day for ex-Red Sox GM Former Red Sox general manager James '' `` Lou '' '' Gorman , the architect of the team that came within one strike of winning the 1986 World Series against the New York Mets , died early Friday morning of congestive heart failure in Boston after a yearlong illness . He was 82 . '' `` All he wanted to do was make it to opening day , and he made it , '' '' said his nephew , Tom Dougherty . Gorman was Boston 's GM from 1984 to 1993 . His greatest success was with the 1986 Red Sox led by Roger Clemens , Wade Boggs , and Jim Rice , who came back to beat the California Angels in the AL Championship Series in a classic , then lost the world title to the Mets in a World Series that turned on the Game 6 play in which Mookie Wilson 's slow roller went through Bill Buckner 's legs . New York went on to win Game 7 . The close miss further embittered Boston fans , but not Gorman . When contract talks with Clemens broke down in 1987 , the GM dismissed the doomsayers thus : '' `` The sun will rise . The sun will set . And I will have lunch . '' '' Now that 's long-term thinking , or something Kansas City Royals relievers have switched sides . -LRB- We know what you 're thinking : Who could blame them ? -RRB- It seems that , since Kauffman Stadium opened in 1973 , the home team bullpen had always been behind right field , the visitors ' behind left . But now they have switched , giving the Royals dugout brain trust a better view of what 's happening in their '' `` pen . One wonders what they had tried in the intervening 38 years : An elaborate system of mirrors ? Sending notes over to the opposing team ? Carrier pigeons ? In other Royals news : The whole team is barely making more than New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez this year . Kansas City 's 27 players on its opening-day roster total $ 36.1 million , while A-Rod alone makes $ 32 million . No truth to the rumor that Royals fans would make that trade . Winn calls it a career Outfielder Randy Winn -LRB- left -RRB- , late of the Baltimore Orioles , is retiring at age 36 after 13 major-league seasons . A career .284 hitter with 110 home runs and 662 RBIs , the solid vet was also once traded for a manager - going from Tampa Bay to Seattle as compensation when former Mariners manager Lou Piniella left to take over the Rays . Show of solidarity Minnesota 's Justin Morneau , who missed the end of the 2010 season with a concussion , was welcomed by his BP group - Jason Kubel , Joe Mauer , and Jim Thome - all wearing helmets instead of caps as they took their cuts .
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