Francona out as Boston Manager

According to Ken Rosenthal... Wow

 

It's on twitter

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/870697-boston-red-sox-will-meltdown-cost-terry-francona-his-job

 

Very Steinbrenner-like move by the Red Sox. They have become what they always detested.

 

How do you figure? Francona missed the playoffs two consecutive years with teams that shouldn't have missed the playoffs. He deserves to be unemployed by Boston

 

Unfortunately, so is the link to this thread. Saw it on Twitter and wondered why no one else had the definitive story. Now I get it.

Rosenthal didn't say he was out. He said there was speculation that Francona was meeting with bosses today and could possibly be resigning.

Good luck with that whole journalism thing, Skip.

 

If he isn't on a flight to Chicago right now, then Kenny Williams should be fired before the sun comes up on the West Coast.

 

Never mind. Guess it's not true. Yet.

 

There's a meeting today.

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/7037880/boston-red-sox-terry-francona-part-ways

 

That the team shouldn't have missed the playoffs is opinion. Competing in the AL East guarantees no one should feel secure about making the playoffs. Also, this year's team was basically in the playoffs with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning of Game 162. A win in that one ensured the club of no less than an additional game in Tampa yesterday. Technically another regular season game, but in reality a playoff game.

So if Papelbon had done his job Francona would still have his. Therefore, this a Steinbrennarian reaction to that failure.

 

And if Francona had done his job the Sox wouldn't have been in the position of a do-or-die game 162