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May 30, 2007
So what does a Major League manager do when he gets a rare day off?
In Terry Francona’s case, he plans to sample the hot dogs at McCoy Stadium tonight.
The Red Sox manager said he and pitching coach John Farrell plan to head to Pawtucket tonight. It is not for purely for pleasure. They want to check on Mike Timlin, Jon Lester and the other Pawtucket players. Timlin is still in Pawtucket. He struggled in one inning of work Tuesday coming back from a battle with tendonitis in his pitching shoulder.
``Kind of the reason he was going back was to repeat his delivery and be a little more consistent,’’ Francona said. ``I think last night showed he’s not quite there. I think he feels healthy. He feels like he’s got pretty good arm strength, but as far as repeating his pitches in his delivery, that’s why he’s there doing it.
``I don’t want to speak for him. I think he’s frustrated, but I think he understands,’’
Francona said.
The report on Lester’s outing Tuesday was all positive. The manager said he exchanged text messages with Lester and that Lester will be allowed to throw more pitches in his next start than the 84 he threw Tuesday. Francona said he and Farrell plan to scout the food at McCoy, too.
`We’ll go down there and watch some of the guys, get a chance to watch a game from a different view,’’ he said. ``We’ll see if they have any good hot dogs.’’
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