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Francona has earned his lofty spot in Red Sox history

By Howard Bryant
ESPN.com

Monday, October 13, 2008

Over dinner, my wife tells me she cannot look at Terry Francona. She believes he has a kind face, and takes me at my word when I explain his welcoming, easy demeanor. But she cannot abide by Francona's dugout manners: wrapping a wad of chewing tobacco in a cocoon of bubble gum before stuffing the acrid combination into his mouth, doubling his Red Sox pullover as a bib. It is the manager's spit quotient alone that every summer forces a channel change from important Red Sox games (thank the stars ...

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