Tito Is Moving On

They have got to be kidding. I hope it's at least mutual and he wants out. He helps deliver them two World Series championships and they want to ship him out. Ridiculous but it just goes to prove you can't fire the players.

From what they were saying, it was mutual. Peter Gammons has got to know as much as anyone about the Red Sox and he feels that it's been a nice run in a pressure packed place and maybe they all agreed that it was time to move on.

I would have picked Crawford, Lackey, Saltal..whateverhisnameis and Drew first.

This would be a freaking HUGE mistake by the Red Sox front office! Francona deserves much better treatment than this....what about all the times that he held that team together with bailing wire. Absolutely ridiculous thought process....let's get rid of the best manager the organization has had in a century. I need a beer.

I may be turning in my Red Sox card of 49 years as I feel very strongly about this. I may have to change my message board name. It will take Francona exactly 1 nanosecond to find another team that wants to hire him.

I think the name "Wrigleysouth" is available.

With naming rights you also get to enjoy such delights as watching Soriano chase down balls in left (not to mention breaking balls in the dirt); Casto play ss with his back to the infield; Ramirez play third so bad that he makes Castro actually look good; pitching so bad that only a Cub fan can watch, all with a payroll in the neighborhood of the Red Sox playing in one of the easiest divisions in baseball with no playoff wins since Steve Bartman lunged for a foul ball.

LOL! Thanks for cheering me up igball!

I just got home and I guess it is official. Red Sox management can be summed up as follows.....stupid is as stupid does.

Wow, I hope that it was Tito's decision.

There wasn't management support for renewing his contract. Francona is a manager of player's personalities. He's not a tactician. The Red Sox roster has too many prima donnas who tuned out Francona. The word is Varitek, Youkilis, Crawford, Drew, Ortiz, Lester, Beckett, Lackey and Wakefield were problems with their whining. Losing coaches John Farrell and Brad Mills hurt. They played bad cop to Francona's good cop with the roster. Since the roster can't be fired, if the manager loses control of the roster, he has to go.

I remember Pat Riley saying after all the success he had coaching the Lakers there's a time when a coach runs out of new ways to spark motivation, the players tune him out and it's time to leave.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl...s&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Terry Francona will be doing the ALCS on Fox. He'll be taking the place of...wait for it...Tim McCarver.

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Good news papi! That's got the cat jumpin'!


Don't be afraid to view it in full screen papi!




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biggerpapi said....Terry Francona will be doing the ALCS on Fox. He'll be taking the place of...wait for it...Tim McCarver.

Please tell me you are not toying with me. It is just too good to be true. If true, the baseball Gods are truly merciful!

Would I lie?

McCarver is having some minor surgery. He'll miss the first two games. Francona said he has never done television or radio before.

I thought Tito did a good job last night and offered some unique insights and perspectives as a former manager can only offer. Fox may be onto something here.....

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Originally posted by fenwaysouth:
I thought Tito did a good job last night and offered some unique insights and perspectives as a former manager can only offer. Fox may be onto something here.....

Given your perspective Tito may become a good analyst. From his managerial career it's visible he knows it's about the players, not him. McCarver thinks it's about him.

Francona was terrific last night for the first time out. For those of you who may not know, I played baseball with Tito when his dad was with the Braves. Their were several ball players living in the apt. complex in Jonesboro, Ga.
Tito Franncona, Orlando Cepeda had an orange Monte Carlo.....sweet and pitcher Jim Brewer they had a three legged beagle that could out run all of us, but of course we were age 8 and 9. Great times!

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Originally posted by RJM:
McCarver is having some minor surgery. He'll miss the first two games. Francona said he has never done television or radio before.

Lasik surgery, I hope.

If the whole announcing thing doesn't work out for Tito, at least he has a managerial job in hand:

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp...ager-25-apx-20111007

Theo to the Cubs, does this mean a future set up for Francona?

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Originally posted by TPM:
Theo to the Cubs, does this mean a future set up for Francona?

no. They are not close. Francona was Lucchino's hire.

disclaimer - Yankee fan

Did anyone see the Boston Globe today about the Boston debacle? How ridiculous does that "C" on Varitek's uniform look now? I never did like that, and apparently he did nothing "captain-like" to right the ship in the clubhouse over the final months.

I have so much respect for Terry Francona. He is a manager's manager. I don't blame him at all for not wanting to participate in the Fenway 100th circus. Boy, do I miss him.

http://www.boston.com/sports/b...fenways_celebration/