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ジョン・アレン最高運営責任者が今年いっぱいで辞職することになりました。
彼の奥さんが仕事をしているカンザスシティーに移るそうです。
彼が自分で9月にこの決定をしました。
後任は決まっていません。
サラソタの投票が終わるまでは勤めるつもりでいたそうです。

番記者さんによれば、アレンは不人気だったけどレッズフェスト、レッズ殿堂、 Winter Caravan、レッズファンドをスタートさせ、1995年からの就任でした。

レッズファンは彼がいて勝てない期間が続いたため、喜んでます。
インタビューを読む限りではいい人そうな感じなんですけどね〜

Allen leaves Reds; took reins during Schott's banishment　(ESPN)

CINCINNATI -- When John Allen was handed control of the Cincinnati Reds in 1996, suspended owner Marge Schott referred to him as her bookkeeper. In short time, he proved he wouldn't be her caretaker.

Overnight, Allen went from anonymous controller to the most powerful person in baseball's first professional franchise, guiding it through some of its darkest times. He took the team in a different direction, restored ties with fans and rebuilt a farm system that had been ignored.

Later, under new ownership, he presided over the construction of Great American Ball Park, which opened in 2003.

The 58-year-old Allen announced his resignation Tuesday as the team's chief operating officer, effective the end of the year. After 18 years in baseball, he and his wife, Anna, are returning to their native Kansas to try something else.

"It's something we've talked about for a long time," Allen said. "I'm happy from the perspective it's time to move on and do something different. I'm going to miss the people, but it's the right time."