Chronicle angle: Crane, Porter deny meeting over Luhnow.

Porter: “The one thing that I would like to clear up with the story is, at no point in this season have I sat down and talked with Jim Crane about my relationship with Jeff. That is not true. Jim Crane and I have not sat down and talked about any relationships. At this point in the season, and throughout the course of the season, my focus has always been on managing this ball club to the best of my ability and putting us in a position to win games. Jeff was hired by Jim Crane to do a job, which is to put the 25-man roster together, I was hired by Jim Crane to manage that 25-man roster. And I’m going to do my job and focus on doing my job ’til the end of the season.”

One thing? Oy vey! Is that like mildly confirming everything else?

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