How do you find someone to follow a Hall of Fame-caliber manager?
Terry Francona is introduced as the new Cleveland manager on Oct. 8, 2012. Seated right is Chris Antonetti.CLEVELAND, Ohio – Heaven help the guy who replaces Tito.
There will be speculation about the frustrations of a losing season and the deals made at the trade deadline are why Francona is leaving. Those could be factors. But the real reason is his health.“For the most part, this job is really hard,” Francona said. “Not that it’s a bad job. It’s a great job. But it’s hard. The older you get or the more beat up you get … and sometimes it’s both … it just kind of beats on you, kind of wears on you.”A job that “kind of beats on you … kind of wears on you.
They’ve done it with one of baseball’s lowest payrolls. They’ve done it despite losing stars via trades before they hit free agency.Bench coach DeMarlo Hale was the team's interim manager in 2021 when Terry Francona missed part of the year with health problems.Antonetti and Chernoff must have been making a list of possible replacements for Francona during the last few years.
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