SPORTS RADIO ESPN 1420 » terry francona http://espn1420.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:29:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Boston Red Sox Fire Bobby Valentine, He Never Had A Chance http://espn1420.com/boston-red-sox-fire-bobby-valentine-he-never-had-a-chance/ http://espn1420.com/boston-red-sox-fire-bobby-valentine-he-never-had-a-chance/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:27:19 +0000 Scott Prather http://espn1420.com/?p=96783 The Boston Red Sox fired manager Bobby Valentine today after one disastrous season in Beantown. Even Stevie Wonder could see this coming. After going 69-93, their worst record in 47 years, in a season loaded with turmoil. Bobby V never really had a chance. From day one...

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]]> http://espn1420.com/boston-red-sox-fire-bobby-valentine-he-never-had-a-chance/feed/ 0 Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images Dale Sveum Named Cubs' Manager http://espn1420.com/dale-sveum-named-cubs-manager/ http://espn1420.com/dale-sveum-named-cubs-manager/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:43:01 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=26222 Dale Sveum has been named the manager of the Chicago Cubs.

Sveum was most recently the hitting coach for the Milwaukee Brewers.  He succeeds Mike Quade, who was fired after going 71-91 in his only full season with the club.

Sveum's

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]]> http://espn1420.com/dale-sveum-named-cubs-manager/feed/ 0 Jared Wickerham/Getty Images Sport Former Red Sox Manager Terry Francona Takes Blame for Team's Late Season Collapse http://espn1420.com/red-sox-manager-terry-francona-collapse/ http://espn1420.com/red-sox-manager-terry-francona-collapse/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:20:22 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=52296 Former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona spoke with Boston sports radio station WEEI on Wednesday, his first public comments since he parted ways with the team last week.

Francona, who guided the Red Sox to World Series victories in 2004 and 2007, said that after the team’s historic late-season skid he chose to leave.

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]]> http://espn1420.com/red-sox-manager-terry-francona-collapse/feed/ 0 Jim McIsaac, Getty Images Terry Francona Out In Boston? http://espn1420.com/terry-francona-out-in-boston/ http://espn1420.com/terry-francona-out-in-boston/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:42:20 +0000 Steve Peloquin http://espn1420.com/?p=20034 Terry Francona, who led the Boston Red Sox to two World Series titles, and five playoff appearances, likely won't be back as the team's manager in 2012.

The Red Sox failed to make the playoffs, after  blowing a nine-game game lead in the American League wild-card race, the biggest ever held by a team in September that failed to make the playoffs.

Francona will meet with Red Sox management this morning, and the expected outcome is that the team simply won't pick up an option year on his contract for next year.

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]]> http://espn1420.com/terry-francona-out-in-boston/feed/ 0 (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) Crawford Agrees To Deal With Red Sox http://espn1420.com/crawford-agrees-to-deal-with-red-sox/ http://espn1420.com/crawford-agrees-to-deal-with-red-sox/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:33:09 +0000 Steve Peloquin http://espn1420.com/?p=3226 Outfielder Carl Crawford has agreed to a 7-year, $142 million deal with the Boston Red Sox. Espn.com has the story, below.

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