A review by alanfederman
Francona: The Red Sox Years by Dan Shaughnessy, Terry Francona

4.0

Thanks to brother Barry for getting me this book! I was skeptical at first as oftentimes books about baseball managers are either too superficial or too one-sided. Hats off to the writers for giving a balanced look at the demise of my favorite baseball team over the last 8 years. A lot of the blame, fairly, goes to the owners, but I was really impressed with Francona's honesty about himself and his strengths and weaknesses as a manager. I also really enjoyed the peek behind the scenes of a baseball team without the drama (though there was some), but about the challenges of "managing" a group of very highly-paid individuals with incredibly large egos.