Francona's Book -- I'm Done

Terry Francona's book reads like a list of heroes & villans. Good guys & bad guys. Guys caught up in the middle of a phenomenon. My first comments (others will follow)concern 2 of the main characters. First, Terry Francona himself. He is portrayed as a manager who bent his own rules to put the best team on the field in order to win everyday. That certainly happened in 2004 & 2007. It almost happened again in 2008. Ultimately, the bending of his own rules over his 7-year tenure led to selfish players going too far & straying from the principles of having each other's back. It cost him his job. Second is Theo Epstein. Theo was the bridge to management. He & Tito kept baseball operations away from the owners as long as they could until the Sox became too big to be concerned solely with baseball. Theo fed the monster with huge free agent signings & he strayed from his principles of building the best minor league system possible. That started the fall of the Red Sox in 2010.