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Report: Terry Francona may attend Fenway celebration Posted by Gary Dzen, Boston.com Staff April 18, 2012 02:55 PM Terry Francona may attend Fenway Park’s big party after all. ESPN reported that the former Red Sox manager told the network on Wednesday that he would accept the team’s invitation to attend the 100th anniversary celebration of Fenway Park on Friday. Francona is now an analyst for ESPN. Last week, Francona told the Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy that his feelings were still too raw after parting ways with the Red Sox following eight seasons as manager following the 2011 season. “I just feel like someone in the organization went out of their way to hurt me,” Francona said, in reference to an explosive Globe story that examined why the Red Sox blew a 9 1/2-game lead and missed out on the playoffs last September. The Red Sox will host the Yankees on Friday on the 100-year anniversary of the first game played at Fenway Park. They have invited every living former Red Sox player back to Fenway Park to take part in the ceremonies ------------------------------- That would be sweet, but he gets one of the louder ovations!

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More from The Globe: Game time: 7:10 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN, ESPN2 / WEEI Song of the Day: "The Night Before" by The Beatles. Rangers vs. Beckett: Young 4-24; Beltre 4-23, 10 K; Napoli 4-19, 3 HR; Hamilton 6-14, 2 HR; Andrus 2-10; Torrealba 4-13; Cruz 1-8; Kinsler 2-9; Murphy 3-6; Moreland 2-5. Red Sox vs. Holland: Pedroa 1-8; Punto 3-7 Ortiz 1-5; Gonzalez 1-6; Youkilis 0-6; Sweeney 0-5; Aviles 0-4; McDonald 0-2; Ross 0-1; Shoppach 1-8. Notes: The Rangers have won five straight and are 4-0 on their road trip. ... The Sox have been out-homered 17-11 so far this season. ... The Sox are 10-20 against the Rangers the last four years. ... Beckett is 3-2, 5.03 in eight career starts against Texas. He faced the Rangers once in 2011, allowing one run in six innings in a 13-2 victory on Aug. 24. ... Holland is 2-1, 2.95 in three career starts against the Red Sox. He faced them once last season, throwing seven shutout innings on Sept. 2 in a 10-0 win. He allowed two hits without a walk and struck out six. ... Holland has allowed four earned runs in 11.2 career innings at Fenway. ... Youkilis (6 of 34, 12 K) and Saltalamacchia (2 for 24, 7 K) are struggling. Stat of the Day: The Red Sox were 2 for 32 (.062) with no runs scored in the first inning in the first 10 games. They were 4 for 7 with two runs on Tuesday.

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THANK GOD THAT s*** IS OVER! Goodnight good folks. Sleep well. Tomorrow IS another day.

I blame BV. We've gone 2-0 since he made his ******** statement about Youk and then attempted to take back his ******** in an inarticulate manner.

That's the spirit(s)!! Now crazy ass Padilla will start hitting batters. Why throw him into this s***? Oh well.

He'd be better than Melancon. He only gave up 1 HR

Obviously.

A-GON to save the day! 16-3!

Me too!!

THANK CHRIST!!!!

16-2!! It's f***ing embarassing. One more out!

I am without speech.

Only in Little League

OH, I failed to mention. NO outs. But I think we all know that.

Melancon still in the house. Didn't think this game could get much more brutal. 14-2. Cool. Puke