Why is a New York Times columnist canonizing Larry Lucchino?

Murray Chass declares: Lucchino: Just a Soul Who's Misunderstood.

Bruce wonders why a Times columnist would devote so much space to defending Larry. Part ownership of the Sox, perhaps? Bruce is willing to cut Chass a tiny bit of slack, but still, he asks you to imagine Gordon Edes writing a similar hagiography of George Steinbrenner. Hard to picture, no?