Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona has already scheduled shoulder replacement surgery and plans on having a pair of hernia operations at the end of this season.
“I don’t want to fib to people , but I also don’t want the last six weeks to be about me. The focus has to be on the players.”
The timing of his introspective remarks was curious, given that Cleveland is on the periphery of the AL Central race, but didn’t catch team president Chris Antonetti or general manager Mike Chernoff by surprise. “But the most important thing -- and the thing I and we care about the most -- is Tito’s life after this and beyond baseball. We want to make sure he’s well positioned to enjoy every moment with his kids and his grandkids and everyone for a long time.”
Both of their sessions were melancholy, in stark contrast to the upbeat mood in the Dodgers’ clubhouse down the hall.
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