Despite the fact that most
FenwayNation readers want Terry Francona back in the Red Sox dugout next year,
he says it's not going to happen. Appearing on
Michael Kay's New York-based talk show, Tito also took a not-so-subtle swipe at his successor
Bobby Valentine, saying to Kay, "I'm not gonna suggest that I'm gonna come punch you in the nose". Of course, after the
Punto Trade,
nothing is impossible, but it doesn't seem that Francona has any desire
to be reunited with a culture that threw him under the bus after his
departure.