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Cleveland Indians ace Corey Kluber was surprisingly knocked out of Game 2 of the ALDS on Friday after allowing six runs to the New York Yankees in 2.2 innings. His early exit continued a theme of pitchers struggling to work deep into the postseason …
Terry Francona was criticized by many — including us — for his decision to start Trevor Bauer in Game 1 of the ALDS. Not only did Francona stand strong behind his decision, but the move paid off. Bauer took a no-hitter into the sixth …
The Cleveland Indians on Thursday night won their 22nd — yep, 22 — game in a row when they defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in 10 innings. The win extends Cleveland’s AL record winning streak and puts them four games behind the …
The Cleveland Indians tied an American League record with their 20th consecutive win on Tuesday night, and manager Terry Francona has one friend he refuses to share the excitement with — at least in person. Following his team’s 2-0 win …
Terry Francona returned to the Cleveland Indians on Thursday to prepare for the second half of the season, and he was thrilled to be back after missing more than a week due to a heart condition that was recently discovered. Francona joined the …
Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona would have been at the helm of the American League All-Star team on Tuesday night, but a heart procedure meant he had to skip the game. Instead, Francona’s bench coach, Brad Mills, took charge of the …
Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will be out through the All-Star break after he underwent a heart procedure on Thursday. The team announced Friday that Francona had a cardiac ablation procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat. He is …
Terry Francona has said he is not dealing with any serious health issues after he had to leave during the middle of two games recently, but doctors are still running tests on the Cleveland Indians manager. Francona did not manage in Tuesday’s …
Terry Francona had to leave Monday night’s game against the Texas Rangers when he began to feel ill, but the Cleveland Indians provided a positive update on the manager’s health on Tuesday. It was accompanied by a cheap — but …
Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona had to leave the dugout Monday night for the second time in two weeks with a health issue, but the team says he is not dealing with anything serious. Shortly after Francona left the game (a dramatic …
Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona and his Tampa Bay Rays counterpart Kevin Cash go way back. The Rays manager spent parts of three seasons under Francona with the Boston Red Sox as a light-hitting backup catcher. When Cash’s Rays visited …
There is a “blew a 3-1 lead” club forming in sports — sort of. After his team blew a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl, Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn received a text from Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, whose team blew a 3-1 …
Terry Francona has now managed eleven World Series games in his career and won ten of them after helping to engineer a 1-0 Cleveland victory at Wrigley Field on Friday night. In fact, his managerial prowess in games such as these has even some of his …
Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona and Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein are in the middle of a tightly-contested World Series battle against each other. But that’s not stopping the two old friends from engaging in some light banter on …
The temperature in Cleveland for Game 2 of the World Series on Wednesday night at Progressive Field was cold, but nothing conveyed that better than a Terry Francona postgame quote. “I tried to go to the bathroom in the 4th inning and …
Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is widely regarded as one of the best tactical skippers in baseball. With the World Series set to kick off on Tuesday night at Progressive Field, Francona is already thinking up creative ways to get his best …
