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madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:43 PM Apr 2013

Terry Francona gets lost on way to Indians home opener

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Terry Francona has 80 more games to find his way to Progressive Field. His first trip was an adventure.

Call it an unintentional walk.

Cleveland's new manager said he got lost Monday making the two-block walk from his apartment to the ballpark for the Indians' home opener against the New York Yankees.

Francona is living in downtown Cleveland during the season and he plans to ride a small scooter he used during spring training in Arizona for the short commute to the ballpark. However, he decided to hit the streets on foot early in the morning and ended up needing directions to find his new workplace.

"I got lost three times," he said. "Even when I got to the garage two people who work here said, `Hey, do you know where you're going?' I was like, `Nope."'

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20130408/terry-francona-lost-cleveland-indians-opener.ap/#ixzz2PvDTyEUn



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Terry Francona gets lost on way to Indians home opener (Original Post) madinmaryland Apr 2013 OP
I wanted to link this earlier... El Supremo Apr 2013 #1
OK with me as long as he can find wins ... Auggie Apr 2013 #2
Nice people completely undeserving of the shite talent pool our GMs/Owners give us. HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #3
Call me the eternal optimist ... Auggie Apr 2013 #4
And they will play the Pirates for the Championship!! madinmaryland Apr 2013 #5

Auggie

(31,060 posts)
2. OK with me as long as he can find wins ...
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:00 PM
Apr 2013

downtown Cleveland isn't that difficult. It's not that big, and there are only three directions you can go (the fourth will get you wet).

Cool what Francona said: "Cleveland is officially the nicest people I've ever met." Yep. They are.


HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
3. Nice people completely undeserving of the shite talent pool our GMs/Owners give us.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 02:31 PM
Apr 2013

Not really much you can do about the Clevelan_ Browns except draft and hope for the best, even if the inexplicable luck the low-drafting Steelers and Ravens continually receive in that arena rarely pans out for us. Free agents aren't coming to a club that has no interest in winning.

Same with the Cavs. Our only hope is that the amount of cap space we're getting will land us SOMEthing, and we'll have another high draft pick next year to finally compliment Irving and Waiters. But will free agents want to come to Cleveland?

The Indians . . . sheesh, this team is just bad, bad, BAD. One good pitcher, a bunch of horrible ones, garbage defense, wildly inconsistent offense and the Dolans fail at Sabermetrics. This weekend showed that we still cannot compete with the elite of the MLB. I don't think even Francona could mold this pile of garbage into a Rodin sculpture.

I wonder what it's like to live in a city where at least ONE of your three/four teams contends or at least makes the playoffs. I wonder what it's like to live in a city that's won a title in SOMEthing since The British Invasion.

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