Need Date of Sox Francona Hire

[garedsoxfan]

Doing a research project and I cannot find the date of when Francona was officially hired. All I can find is 2004.

 

Help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[mvp 78]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1677397

 

There's this thing called google...

[Youk Of The Nation]

September 11th, 2001.

 

Oh, wait, wrong disaster.

[Cocos Disciples]

September 11th, 2001.

 

Oh, wait, wrong disaster.

 

Yeah, what happened the year after Francona was hired sucked.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Francona was at best, mediocre. The 2004 team won on momentum from beating the Yankees and because they were a billion times better than the Cardinals. The 2007 team was just really, really, really good. A scarecrow in a Sox jacket could have managed that team to 90 wins. I understand that that is a strawman argument, but the point is that anyone could have managed the Sox to those championships even easier than he did. And I can't ignore 2008-2011, when it seemed like every single decision he made was absolutely terrible.