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Terry Francona jokes with John Farrell: ‘I think your owners suck’ 01.24.13 at 4:25 pm ET
By Mike Petraglia

Former Red Sox manager Terry Francona has always loved a good joke.

So, when good friend, former pitching coach and new Red Sox manager John Farrell walked into the Essex meeting room of the Copley Westin, he couldn’t resist.

“I just want to get this over with, just for the sake of it, I think your owners suck,” Francona said, shortly after giving him a warm embrace during the media availability prior to the annual Red Sox writers’ dinner in Boston.

Any serious advice for Farrell from Francona?

“Not to open your mouth like I do,” Francona said. “No, he doesn’t need my advice. We were not as good a team when he left. I’ve said this a lot of times, when he came back, the glass got half-full again with a lot of players, as it should. Except for when we’re playing him, I’ll be a big fan. He knows that.”

Farrell left after the 2010 season to manage the Blue Jays in 2011-12.

Oh, and one more thing for the record from Francona:

“And I didn’t mean that, by the way,” Francona said, referring to his opening line.

Farrell, playing the role of straight man, followed up by acknowledging Francona’s impact over eight seasons in Boston, including two World Series titles.

“It’s an exciting one, one I’m privileged to be in,” Farrell said. “And if I could have half the success that Tito had while he was here and what the Red Sox went through in the eight years that he was [manager]. He’s had one heckuva run here in Boston.”

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  • Linda Austin

    Tito is becoming more obnoxious with each passing day. Please go away.

  • Anonymous

    Tito is a class guy. Embrace the new and hope for the best…..

  • whynot11

    Are you all there?  The only Sox manager that comes close to Francona in my lifetime was Dick Williams. Please go back and study baseball 101.

  • Two Ton Tony

    The Sox owners suck? This from a little weakling manager who cost Boston fans a WS Championship because he didn’t have the onions to smarten up his players in Sept. 2011. Screw you little thin-skinned girly-man gossiper, you’ve trashed the Sox enough. You had your last word and now you’ve worn out your welcome. You are the Indians manager so go to Cleveland and stop trying to suck another dollar out of Boston with you and Shanks kiss and tell book. You are getting sickening pal. 

  • bench warmer

    More Tito  please.

  • guest

    Hey two-ton:

    Clearly that ‘two ton’ reference does not refer to the weight of your brains.  I bet it does, however, refer to weight of your excrement daily.  Go back to your mom’s basement, you loser

  • Tonyfranco

    If Tito had just been fired, something that even agreed was warranted, then we would never have had the back and forth with Tito.  BUT someone within the front office/management leaked the information about Tito’s health issues and that was wrong.  They haven’t owned up to it and tried correcting the problem (at least it appears so publically), then that reputation will follow them in every discussion with free agents and managers.

    Tito was a GREAT manager.  Yes September 2011 stung and how it got that point was probably easy to see coming but correcting it was too difficult.  If the ownership was unwilling to go out on a limb with Manny (that is until the bitter end), then why is it that people expect they would have drawn a line in the sand with the 2011 team.  Remember up thru August, they had one of the best if not best record in baseball.  Despite recent injuries they looked to be a strong playoff team.  If your manager comes up to you at the end of July or August and said we need to make some changes, I can easily see ownership refusing to do so due to the on the field success.  Much like they did with Manny, Ortiz, Pedro, etc….

    Thank you Tito for your years here and class you brought to the team.  Being a MLB manager is more than X’s and O’s on the field but as much managing personalities.  You and Joe Torre are the ones that come to mind immediately that have managed to do both. 

  • Anonymous

    Tito’s next book … The Philly Years — How I Underperformed as Manager
    .

  • Anonymous

    so says the OWS loser , eh mate

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