DHL Dan CCXXV - Welcome Back, Terry

Since Shank chose to criticize professional athletes' salaries, turnabout is fair play. The man who co-wrote a book with the main subject of this column and thus has a commercial interest in promoting the return of said subject so he can sell some more books, does just that with his latest column:

Catching up with Terry Francona on his return to baseball, and other thoughts

Picked-up pieces while saying a prayer for Drake Maye . . .

▪ Old friend Terry Francona is back in baseball, accepting an offer to manage the Cincinnati Reds for the next three seasons. He’ll be back in the third base dugout at Fenway Park next June 30 for a three-game series against the Red Sox.

We all thought he was done for good last October when he stepped down after 11 seasons managing the Indians/Guardians.

“I don’t have the energy to do the job the way I want to do it,” he said then. “Rather than hang around for the wrong reasons, I’d rather just go out on my own terms . . . It’s not like I came to this decision overnight.”

What changed?

Royalty checks, of course!