Francona actually started in 1991. He won MoY in the Southern League in '93. Managed Jordan and the media circus.
He left in 1996 to be the Tigers 3rd base coach.
But that means the Sox passed on him when they fired Lamont. Like how Dombrowski should have been GM instead of Hawk.
I thought that it might have been Kimbrel, or Lynn shitting the bed, or Opening Day against the tigers when Gio got hurt and Pollock bobbled an easy win.
But nah, it was this.