Terry Francona
Terry Francona
Terrence Jon "Terry" Francona, nicknamed "Tito", is the current manager of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. He was a first baseman and outfielder in the majors from 1981 to 1990. After retiring as a player, he managed several minor league teams in the 1990s before managing the Philadelphia Phillies for four seasons. In 2004, Francona was hired to manage the Boston Red Sox, and that year he led the team to its first World Series championship since 1918...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 April 1959
CityAberdeen, SD
CountryUnited States of America
Once you give up five, ... if they peck away and get one here and get one there, it makes it tougher to win.
We wanted to make sure everybody left in the same shape they came.
We won 95 games in a season where things didn't go right. I'm not going to apologize for that.
We won. I'm sure they'd rather play at home, ... In the end it doesn't matter. You need to win wherever you play. If that gets in the way, you're not good enough.
When you get down to your last game, you can have a bullpen full of everybody. You can't do that right now. We need somebody to make these starts. While they're still starting, they need to start. Once we get past each guy's start, you may see various guys going out of that bullpen as soon as they're available. That's a definite.
We didn't bring him in to run a marathon.
We also told him that if he can't (pitch in relief) then he won't do it. But I think because of the kind of guy he is, he's shooting for it.
Yeah, he tolerated it pretty well, ... I think the hope is, and again, we might be reaching a little bit, the hope is that he might be available towards the end of the week. If he's available, he's a pretty good hitter. From where I sit, I appreciate him trying.
We're going home. We have a lot of business to tend to, but at home we hope to be a force. We have an important week; it'll be fun.
Once players have my trust, they have it.
Sometimes you've got to be a little flexible. For the most part, it's hard to get players to look at the big picture also. I understand that. They're looking at their next start or their next at-bat.
I thought, 'OK, I'm done here. I'll take responsibility and go away.' Little did I know I was going to be going away limping because someone cut my legs out from under me.
You get to the ninth inning and your stomach is clear up to here. But it's not because of your job. It is because you want to win so badly.
Whatever he did, he found himself, because early he didn't have his good stuff.