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A review by ttodd86
Francona: The Red Sox Years by Terry Francona
2.0
As a fan of the Sox, I was very interested in Francona's perspective on events. While some of this is interesting, it is not much of a book.
First off, I'm not sure why the book is "by" Francona since there is no attempt to even hide the fact that he did not actually write the book in the text. For example, it quotes him often. Actually, that in may tell us more about Francona and his ego than anything in the rest of the book.
So, Dan Shaugnessy wrote it and he's a hack, so readers should know going in that it is not going to be particularly well written.
Casting all of that aside, however, if Francona wanted to get his story out there, he might have thought about waiting a few more years -- maybe 10 years, and then done this. A lot of it reads petty and comes back to the same points again, and again, and again. Oh, and then it hammers them again.
Interesting to read if you are a fan of the team, not worth if it you are not a fan. I actually think less of Francona -- both as a coach and as a person -- than I did before I read the book. That was probably not his goal.
First off, I'm not sure why the book is "by" Francona since there is no attempt to even hide the fact that he did not actually write the book in the text. For example, it quotes him often. Actually, that in may tell us more about Francona and his ego than anything in the rest of the book.
So, Dan Shaugnessy wrote it and he's a hack, so readers should know going in that it is not going to be particularly well written.
Casting all of that aside, however, if Francona wanted to get his story out there, he might have thought about waiting a few more years -- maybe 10 years, and then done this. A lot of it reads petty and comes back to the same points again, and again, and again. Oh, and then it hammers them again.
Interesting to read if you are a fan of the team, not worth if it you are not a fan. I actually think less of Francona -- both as a coach and as a person -- than I did before I read the book. That was probably not his goal.