Francona took a year off and worked as an analyst with ESPN, but he's back in the game now.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

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First thing Francona does in Cleveland: Bans all his players from eating at Kentucky Fried Chicken..

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I guess there goes the theory of him back to Boston

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Santana
1B:Blanks
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Rutledge
LF:Cespeds
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Profar
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Medlen,Cole
RP:Bailey,Rivera,Jansen,Gregerson,Axford
DL:Anderson, Pineda,Tulo

So who do you think Beantown will get?? Ozzie would be interesting..

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Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Bruins believer since BIRTH..
Fav player: Cam Neely..

As a Jays fan, I hope Farrell goes back to Beantown and the Jays are able to get a quality player in return for his services.

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25 Man Roster, top 20 monthly point getters count
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt

Stamkos, Tavares, Hall, Couture, Hanzal, Wheeler, Stastny, Versteeg, Fisher, Hornqvist, Eriksson, Hodgson, Setoguchi, Turris, Steen, Letang, DRoy, Yakupov, Grabner, Byfuglien, Baertschi

G-Rask, Halak, Schneider

I would like that aswell.. But would we really get something valuable in return?? I wouldn't think it would be anything special coming back our way..

I would love it if the Jays brought a spicey coach like Ozzie into T.O.

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Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Bruins believer since BIRTH..
Fav player: Cam Neely..

Not an Ozzie fan whatsoever. Farrell is good, why do you think Boston wants him back so bad? No way. They're a rival. Lets have a healthy year with our arms and get AA to finally spend on areas we need an upgrade. East is always gonna be good, so time to spend a bit now before Bautista and EE get older.

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C - M.Montero, Grandal; 1B - Pujols; 2B - Altuve; SS - A.Escobar; 3B - Ar.Ramirez; CI: Rizzo; MI: Aviles; OF: Stanton, Holliday, Cruz, de Aza, Markakis; UT: ; Gardner P - Cueto, Grienke, S.Miller, Milone, Cashner, Romo, H.Bell, Perez; Bench - Frazier, Revere, R.Davis, Santiago, Pineda (DL).

Lol, I remember watching a segment that Francona did for ESPN and he was GOD AWFUL....completely awkward lol. Did he get any better over the course of the year?

I also thought he was horrible on air.. He did so well in Boston, because he had GREAT players to work with.. Goodluck in Cleveland Ohio.. HAHAHA..

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Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Bruins believer since BIRTH..
Fav player: Cam Neely..