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Article: Red Sox Hire Terry Francona As Manager
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JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer
AP Online
12-05-2003
Dateline: BOSTON
Former Philadelphia Phillies manager Terry Francona, right, receives a Boston Red Sox cap from general manager Theo Epstein, left, during a news conference at Fenway Park in Boston, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003. The Red Sox named Francona their 44th manager. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
Success-starved fans, prima donna players, swarms of media and bad karma that has surrounded his new team since 1918 _ Terry Francona figures he's prepared for just about everything a Boston manager can face.
"Think about it for a second: I've been released from six teams. I've been fired as a manager. I've got no hair. I've got a nose that's three ...