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Terry Francona, a high-profile manager who will someday be inducted into the Hall of Fame, plans to come out of retirement to become the next manager of the Cincinnati Reds, according to a report Thursday night. ESPN’s Jeff Passan. movement comes accurately 1 year until that day He announced his retirement after playing 23 years in MLB.

Francona, 65, will be the next manager of a Reds team widely considered young and talented. His previous job was with the Cleveland Guardians, where he coached the team for 11 seasons. He won almost 55% of his games against the Guardians after winning two World Series championship rings with the Boston Red Sox. Most notably, Francona led Boston to the title in 2004, breaking the 86-year “Curse of the Bambino.” (Related: ‘Amazing’ Mets make magical comeback and advance to NLDS with absolute clutch bomb from Pete Alonso)

There have been concerns about Francona’s health after being absent from action in recent years, and questions have begun to circle whether he really wants to continue as manager despite his success.

“I need to go home, get healthy and see what I’m missing in the game. I don’t expect to be a manager again,” Francona said when he resigned from the Guardians in October 2023. spoke.

But please erase that dark cloud! Terry Francona is back!

The Cincinnati Reds have hired Terry Francona as manager, sources told ESPN. He would come out of retirement a year after leaving Cleveland and take over a young and talented Reds team. @Fine Sand first made the news.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 4, 2024

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