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Press conference is over

Short of an hour, the formal portion of the press conference has ended.

Sox owner John W. Henry gave kudos to everyone associated with making the deal and also said fondly of Theo Epstein:

"Leslie Epstein gave his son two words of advice (upon taking the job): "Be bold." Henry went on to say that every aspect of the Sox organization has acted boldly on major issues involving the team under Larry Lucchino's leadership.

He called it aa "joyous day in New England."

Lucchino also indicated he'd like to see the Red Sox play in Japan soon so Deisuke Matsuzaka can return to play in his country.

There are informal one-on-one type press conferences going on now. Matsuzaka is heading to the Bruins game to drop the opening puck shortly.