Could the Red Sox fire Terry Francona? Not so fast!
Source: MassLive.com - Sep 22, 2011 at 9:35 PM
Peter Gammons thinks the Red Sox manager may be in a fight to keep his job.
APTerry Francona is feeling the pressure of staving off one of the first September collapses in the history of baseball.This is what September baseball has amounted to for the Boston Red Sox: A Hall of Fame sportswriter is speculating that Terry Francona could lose his job if the team doesn't make the playoffs.
Peter Gammons weighed in on the subject today on The Dan Patrick Show, saying that "to some degree" he thinks Francona could be managing for his job.
"I think it's very strange to think that, but I've sensed an increasing disconnect between [general manager] Theo Epstein and Terry Francona,"
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