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GOODYEAR, Ariz. — How wonderful it must be for Terry Francona to feel baseball’s warm embrace again. To wake up and drive to a ball field again, pull on a pair of baseball pants again, have his own team — the Reds, this time — to manage again.
The game is in Francona’s bones, in his soul, imprinted on his brain. Coming out of retirement this offseason to shoot his shot in the National League Central must be pure bliss.