Terry Francona Says He Ate 17 Popsicles in One Night
By Mike Cardillo
Terry Francona threw down the gauntlet for best baseball story of 2015, or at least the best baseball-food story of the year. Before today’s Tigers-Indians game in Cleveland Francona regaled reporters with his love of Outshine Fruit Bars. If you’re a baseball reporter on the daily, 162-game grind you really live for moments like this when they appear on your audio recorder.
Everything about this quote is perfect.
And it’s quotes like this that remind us how good Francona was as a television analyst prior to taking the job in Cleveland.