Francona: The Red Sox Years
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Leyland, Jim, [>], [>], [>]
Little, Grady
background, [>]
baseball career, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Francona and, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Little League World Series (2012), [>]
Longoria, Evan, [>], [>], [>]
Loretta, Mark, [>], [>]
Lowe, Derek, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lowell, Mike
cribbage games, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Red Sox and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Red Sox trade and, [>], [>]
surgery, [>], [>]
Lowrie, Jed, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lucchino, Larry
background, [>], [>]
Epstein relationship, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Francona and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
personality, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
as Red Sox owner, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Lugo, Julio, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Macha, Ken, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Maddon, Joe, [>], [>], [>]
Martinez, Pedro
leaving game before conclusion, [>]
leaving Red Sox, [>]–[>]
personality, [>], [>]–[>]
Red Sox, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Schilling relationship, [>], [>], [>]
2004 season/World Series, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Zimmer and, [>]
Martinez, Victor, [>], [>], [>]
Massarotti, Tony, [>], [>], [>]
Masterson, Justin, [>], [>]
Mato, Gene, [>], [>]–[>]
Matsui, Hideki, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Matsuzaka, Daisuke “Dice-K”
background, [>]
injury/training methods, [>]–[>], [>]
Red Sox and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
McCarty, Dave, [>], [>], [>]
McCarver, Tim, [>], [>]
McCormick, Jack
background/description, [>], [>]–[>]
Ramirez incident, [>]–[>]
Red Sox and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
McHale, John, [>]–[>]
McLaughlin, Tom, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
McNamara, John, [>], [>]
Menino, Tom, [>], [>], [>]
Merhige, Phyllis, [>]
Meriwether, Chuck, [>], [>]
Metamucil contract, [>]
Mientkiewicz, Doug, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Millar, Kevin
Jack Daniels and, [>], [>], [>]
Red Sox, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Miller, Jonny, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Miller, Ray, [>]–[>]
Mills, Brad
baseball career, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Francona/Red Sox and, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mirabelli, Doug, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
“Miracle on Ice,” [>]
Mitchell, George/Mitchell Report, [>]
Monday, Rick, [>]
Moneyball (Lewis), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Morgan, William, [>], [>], [>]
Mueller, Bill, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Murphy, Steve, [>], [>], [>]
Namath, Joe Willie, [>]
Narron, Jerry, [>], [>]
Negro League project (Epstein), [>]–[>]
NESN/ratings, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
New York Post, [>], [>]
Nixon, Trot, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
O’Halloran, Brian “BOH,” [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Okajima, Hideki, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Okimoto, Daniel, [>]–[>]
Ordonez, Magglio, [>], [>]
Ortiz, David
drug use report and, [>]–[>]
Francona and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
jersey/new Yankee Stadium, [>]
Red Sox and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
slump (2009), [>], [>]
2004 season/World Series, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Papelbon, Jonathan
background, [>]–[>]
celebrations, [>], [>]
Gagne and, [>]–[>]
Red Sox, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Payton, Jay, [>]–[>], [>]
Pedroia, Dustin
baseball career, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
description/personality, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
gag gift to, [>]
mother and, [>]
Red Sox, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
wife/pregnancy, [>]–[>], [>]
Pena, Wily Mo, [>], [>]
Pesky, Johnny/couch, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Pizzuti, Linda, [>], [>], [>]
Posada, Jorge, [>], [>], [>]
Ramirez, Hanley, [>], [>]–[>]
Ramirez, Manny
after Red Sox, [>]
background/skills, [>]–[>]
calling Francona (2011), [>]
“day off” episode (2005), [>]–[>]
drug use and, [>], [>], [>]
hamstring/knee “injuries” and, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
personality/attitude, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Red Sox, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Red Sox trading, [>]–[>]
Reddick, Josh, [>], [>]
Reese, Pokey, [>], [>], [>]
Reinold, Mike, [>], [>]
Renteria, Edgar, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rice, Michael (Francona’s son-in-law), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rivera, Mariano, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Roberts, Dave, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rodham, Hillary, [>], [>]
Rodriguez, Alex
baseball career, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
drugs and, [>], [>]
other players on, [>]
Red Sox and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Varitek fight, [>], [>]
Rolen, Scott, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Ronan, Larry, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rosenberg, Sheri, [>]–[>]
Rose, Pete, [>], [>], [>]
Ruth, Babe, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
sabermetrics
Boston Red Sox, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
definition/description, [>]–[>]
Francona and, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
See also specific individuals
Saturday Night Live, [>], [>]
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Schilling, Curt
background, [>]
Bloody Sock Game (2004), [>]–[>]
politics and, [>]
Red Sox, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Schilling, Shonda, [>], [>], [>]
Scioscia, Mike, [>], [>]
Scott, Zach, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Scutaro, Marco, [>], [>], [>]
Selig, Bud
globalization of MLB/Japan trip, [>], [>], [>]
Red Sox celebrations/ceremonies, [>], [>], [>]
Red Sox sale/buyers and, [>], [>], [>]
on Red Sox/Yankees games, [>]
rules/rulings, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Wells and, [>]
Shapiro, Mark, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Shields, James, [>], [>]
Showalter, Buck, [>], [>], [>]
Shulman, Dan, [>], [>], [>]
Sierra, Ruben, [>], [>]
Skubis, Josephine (Terry’s grandmother), [>], [>], [>]
Smith, Janet Marie, [>], [>]
Solomon, Jimmie Lee, [>], [>]
Soriano, Alfonso, [>], [>]
Sosa, Sammy, [>], [>], [>]
Sporting News, The, [>]
Sports Illustrated, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Stanley, Bob/Kyle, [>], [>]
Steinberg, Charles, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Steinbrenner, George, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Stevenson, Sarah, [>]–[>]
Super Bowl XXXIX, [>]
superstitions and baseball, [>], [>]
Sveum, Dale, [>], [>]
“Sweet Caroline,” [>], [>], [>]
Taylor, James, [>], [>]
Teixeira, Mark, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Thomas, Lee, [>], [>], [>]
Tiant, Luis, [>], [>], [>]
Timlin, Mike, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Tippett, Tom, [>]–[>]
“Tito” meaning/origins, [>]–[>]
Torre, Joe
baseball career, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Francona and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
on sabermetrics, [>]
Towers, Kevin, [>], [>]
Trebelhorn, Tom, [>], [>]
Valentine, Bobby
Red Sox and, [>]
Red Sox firing, [>]
as Red Sox manager, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Varitek, Jason
A-Rod fight, [>], [>]
background, [>]
Red Sox and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Wade, Ed, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Wakefield, Tim, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Wallach, Tim, [>], [>]
Wang, Chien-Ming, [>], [>]
Watson, Bob, [>], [>]
Weaver, Earl, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
WEEI radio, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Wells, David
Boston trading, [>]–[>]
description/skills, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Francona and, [>], [>]–[>]
Red Sox and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
2003 World Series, [>]
Werner, Tom
background/other businesses, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
as Red Sox owner, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Werth, Jayson, [>], [>], [>]
Williams, Bernie, [>], [>]
Williams, Dick, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Williams, Ted, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Williamson, Scott, [>], [>]
Yankee Stadium closing/new stadium, [>], [>]–[>]
Yastrzemski, Carl, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Yawkey, Tom, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Youkilis, Kevin
Ramirez and, [>], [>]
Red Sox, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Young, Curt, [>]–[>]
Yount, Robin, [>], [>]
Zimmer, Don, [>], [>]
About the Authors
TERRY “TITO” FRANCONA was a major league baseball player from 1981 to 1990. After he retired as a player, he managed the Philadelphia Phillies for four seasons. From 2004 to 2011 he managed the Boston Red Sox to two World Series championships. He has since worked as a baseball analyst for ESPN, hosting their Sunday Night Baseball telecast, and is now the manager of the Cleveland Indians.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY is an award-winning columnist for the Boston Globe and the author of twelve sports books, including The Curse of the Bambino, a best-selling classic. Nine times Shaughnessy has been voted one of America’s top ten sports columnists by the Associated Press Sports Editors and ten times he has been named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year.