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How Jimmy Piersall set table for the original Tito 09.17.10 at 5:58 pm ET
By Mike Petraglia

Jimmy Piersall is almost as famous for his unique baseball story-telling ability as he was for his great career with the Red Sox.

Both were recalled Friday as Piersall joined Tommy Harper, John Valentin and Don Zimmer and former club executive and manager Eddie Kasko as Red Sox greats of the past to enter the club’s Hall of Fame.

How legendary were his tales? Let the current Red Sox manager explain.

“My dad has some of the best Piersall stories,” Francona said. “I don’t know if they’re true or not, but they’re great stories. I’ve heard them and heard them and heard them and they never get old.”

But the best story of all to Terry Francona‘s way of thinking is how his dad – Tito Francona – got his big chance in the majors with the Cleveland Indians in 1959.

“Did Jimmy explain how my dad broke in?” Francona asked. “There was a Sunday day game but Jimmy didn’t want to play. Whether he was hurt, whether it was shadows, but my dad played center field that day and never looked back. That was the year he hit .363.”

“I think Jimmy is pretty dear to [baseball people]. My dad said, ‘Make sure you give him my best.’”

Tom Brunansky’s catch on October 3, 1990 to end the regular season and give the Red Sox the Eastern Division title will also be recognized as a Red Sox ‘Memorable Moment’.

The Class of 2010 will be recognized during pre-game ceremonies on the Fenway Park field, beginning at 7 p.m.

Francona said J.D. Drew [ankle] will start on Saturday after taking batting practice on Friday and getting the previous four days [three games] off.

“[He's feeling] pretty good,” said the skipper. “After not playing for three days and a day off, we just thought we’d get him in here, hopefully have him take BP and get him back going. We’d start him [Saturday] and have him available today. We’ve got guys who’ve actually done a pretty good job. Get him a day to kind of settle in.”

Mike Cameron returned to the Red Sox clubhouse on Friday, seeing many of his teammates for the first time since abdominal surgery late last month.

“Cam had gone home for the week to spend it with family and you could see he was excited to be back in the clubhouse,” Francona said. “He may go in the pool soon and start moving around in the water. He’s been walking and doing some lifting off his feet. He looks good though. He looks like he’s excited to be back. He’ll go with us on our next trip.”

As for Dustin Pedroia, who remains on crutches with a Red Sox-styled removable cast on his surgically-repaired left foot, he was showing off his healing foot to several players around his locker.

Francona said he is not allowing himself to think what might have been with names like Cameron, Pedroia and Youkilis all in the clubhouse but unavailable.

“No, no I never think like that,” Francona said. “It’s not productive. I’m glad to see Pedey. He’s bright in the clubhouse and everything and I care about him getting better. But it’s just not productive. It doesn’t help. Our challenge is to win tonight and that’s what we’ll [prepare to] do.”

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