Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Report: Francona's pain-pills use worried Boston. Boston Red Sox. Everything you need to know about Astros-Braves World Series. Houston Astros. Marmol new Cards manager, youngest in MLB. It took two weeks, but the Boston Globe has produced the definitive grisly autopsy of the Boston Red Sox meltdown, and it's lurid, all right.
You'll recall that the team collapsed in epic fashion and missed the playoffs. The Globe's story is full of drink and drugs and player grousing, but the story's existence and its tone tell us more, maybe, about why the Red Sox failed.
Ownership and management are lashing out anonymously at the players and Terry Francona for one wretched month, and the Globe is their faithful stenographer. Writes the Globe's Bob Hohler, the trio also "joined a number of teammates in cutting back on their exercise regimens despite appeals from the team's strength and conditioning coach Dave Page.
Tito, who's since been fired, apparently spent all season living in a hotel after separating from his wife of 30 years. All along, he was taking pain medication to recover from an October knee surgery. Marmol new Cards manager, youngest in MLB. Louis Cardinals. Griffey Jr. Seattle Mariners. Cubs hire Astros exec Bokhari as assistant GM. Chicago Cubs. Valdez will oppose Morton in World Series opener. Read More From Heavy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In , the team staged a celebration of the th anniversary of Fenway Park — but Francona refused to show up.
Another former Red Sox pitcher from the team, Andrew Miller, played one of the most important roles in getting the Indians to the World Series, with his dominant work out of the bullpen. That happened. By Jonathan Vankin. Updated Oct 25, at pm. Play Video Video related to terry francona drug use rumors: 5 fast facts you need to know T
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