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CORRECTION Giants Reds Baseball
CORRECTS DATE - Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona greets players and staff on the field as he is introduced before an opening-day baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Thursday, March, 27, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
CINCINNATI (AP) — Terry Francona's first Opening Day as manager of the Cincinnati Reds started in a dentist's chair.
About 12 hours later, Francona was experiencing baseball's equivalent of a root canal.
The Reds were one out away from a successful debut for Francona, until the San Francisco Giants rallied for four runs in the ninth inning.