Coming back to Fenway Park is no longer an emotional experience for former Red Sox manager Terry Francona.
“It was at one point,” Francona told reporters in the visitors’ dugout Monday evening. “You know, it’s been a long time now. I’ve almost been in Cleveland as long as I was in Boston. I think it’s more fun to come back here now because as you get distance and get sort of comfortable, you’re able to think about the good.”
Francona — who managed the Red Sox for eight seasons, including their eternally memorable 2004 World Series run — returned to Boston Monday for the first of four games between his AL Central-leading Indians and the AL East-leading Sox.