It’s been two decades since Terry Francona helmed a Red Sox squad that erased an 86-year title drought.
But the former Sox manager sounded much like the rest of us, who have combed over the same highlight reels from that October, when asked Wednesday night about one pivotal play.
With each viewing, the throw from Jorge Posada and tag from Derek Jeter against Dave Roberts in Game 4 of the ALCS looks closer and closer.
“If [Roberts] had been out, [Kevin Cash] would have been here giving Bobby Valentine the award,” Francona noted, drawing a laugh from the crowd at TD Garden during the awards program for The Sports Museum’s 23rd-annual Tradition.