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Terry Francona out as Red Sox manager

According to a report from Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.com, the Red Sox are expected to part ways with manager Terry Francona on Friday morning.

Two days after Francona managed the biggest collapse in baseball, as his Red Sox went 7-20 in the month of September, blowing a nine game lead in the AL Wild Card, not to mention the AL East, Francona will not be back as manager.

GM Theo Epstien said he didn't want Francona to become a scapegoat for the Sox collapse, but with Francona's contract coming with a 2012 and 2013 option worth $4.25 million, the Red Sox thought it wasn't worth continuing with Francona.

He was not fired, but the sides agreed to part, according to the story.

Francona's Sox got off to a 2-10 start to the 2011 season, before going 81-42 from late April to August 31. In short, during the months of April and September Francona went 9-30 with a team that was expected to be the best in baseball.

The White Sox and Nationals are currently looking for a new manager, so maybe Francona ends up in one of those cities. It's unfortunate that Francona is now a scapegoat in Red Sox history, considering that he was manager of the Red Sox two world championship teams in 2004 and 2007 that broke the Curse of the Babe.

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