16WadeSt photographed one of Chuck Turner's supporters at City Hall today. Sullivan (the US Attorney for Boston) and Feeney (the city council president), we get. Ainsley, sorta (he's the Globe publisher). But Epstein, Kraft and Grousbeck? Is there some conspiracy among sports executives to keep Turner from speaking truth to power?

More photos from the rally, mostly of people who seemed a tad more rational.

Basegirl sums up:

... It's not like the man never makes mistakes. I think we can all agree that the Renteria signing was, uh, not his finest hour. And he'll make mistakes again. But in the end, we're willing to overlook them because he's Theo. ...

Whether this is good or bad remains to be seen. But it is what it is. And Red Sox Nation will sleep a little more soundly knowing that King Theo has been reinstated in his rightful position. ...

For this one post, Beth could change the name of her blog to Cursed to Worst, because she skewers know-it-all sportswriters who have to rain on the parade of happy Sox fans instead of actually trying to discover new facts:

... I want to know the conversations Theo had, with John Henry, with his friends and family, with a player on the team, perhaps? I want to have been a fly on the wall. I desperately want to know what happened.

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?

The Professional Media Critic finally weighs in on Theogate. For the most part, Mark Jurkowitz's long piece tells you absolutely nothing you couldn't have read last week on, oh, Boston Sports Media Watch, although it could prove useful as a handout for new immigrants from Kansas or Mars who don't know why local sports fans keep cursing this Shaughnessy guy. Curiously, though, the one thought-provoking new idea comes all the way at the end, in the very last paragraph:

Keeping his powder dry. In response to pleas to discuss Theogate and the role of the press, Mark writes, on his blog:

Michael: Dan Shaughnessey is in real danger of becoming the Harry Frazee of the 21st Century and driving the finest baseball mind of our generation out of town for good.

Denton: Dan Shaughnessy, despite a ballsy appearance on WEEI [yesterday] morning where he even fielded questions from callers, is still a douchebag.

Dave and a correspondent debate what should be done about Dan Shaughnessy.

Note: If you're in an office today, you can hear Epstein's 1 p.m. press conference live at www.wbz1030.com (free registration required). Read Bill Simmons's take beforehand.

Michael knows just who's to blame for Master Theo's departure for La-La Land or wherever: Dan Shaughnessy (specifically, his Sunday j'accuse):