Former Red So manager Terry Francona is about to join highly select company among major league managers who have won 2,000 career games. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)Getty Images
Terry Francona’s first major league managerial stint was, as the saying goes, “nasty, brutish and short.”
His four years at the helm of the Philadelphia Phillies produced four losing seasons and plenty of enmity from the notoriously demanding Philly fan base. Few managers have their tires slashed in their home parking lot.
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