Can the Red Sox do anything else to boost their image as a doofus organization?

Remember when the Yawkey Way boys were a mere team, playing baseball games?

Not anymore. The Sox don’t play games in November (they don’t play in October anymore, either, come to think of it). But they are in the news, and on our minds much more than the Celtics, Bruins or midseason Patriots.

The Sox don’t need baseball to make news.

Hits, runs, and errors? The offseason Sox take hits. People run from the Boston franchise. And the goofy owners make more errors than Julio Lugo in a day-night doubleheader.

The Sox are in the news because they are a daily punch line. Who needs to play games when you have daily chaos at the top?

Boston baseball’s nuclear winter thus far has seen the firing of Terry Francona, the no-resistance departure of Theo Epstein, the abrupt flight of the greatest closer in franchise history, disclosure of the Delta House environment of 2011, and a series of head-scratching missteps and mind-bending news conferences.

Meanwhile, an increasingly uneven and cumbersome ownership group - ever concerned with image - confuses all with ever-changing explanations of ball club governance.

Things got so bad last week that Miss Heidi left without even leaving a note (the good news on that one is it finally gives Tom Werner something to do). Can’t say we blame her.

Let’s start our weekly update with the state of non-compensation for Theo. What a joke this has become. Theo is ensconced in his office at Wrigley Field, laughing at the dopes in Boston who let him out of his contract before insisting on payback. And now there’s nothing the Sox can do except wait for Uncle Bud to force the Cubs to send Boston some Single A outfielder who’ll be waiting tables in a year or two.