January twenty fifth, 2023
CLEVELAND — Guardians supervisor Terry Francona couldn’t have had an even bigger smile on his face Wednesday afternoon.
Francona’s mode of transportation in Cleveland is his scooter, which he refers to as “the hog.” He’s usually noticed motoring downtown earlier than and after video games through the season as he navigates from his house to Progressive Subject. However when he got here to city for Guards Fest over the weekend, his beloved scooter was stolen.
Hours handed earlier than Francona bought phrase late Tuesday that the Cleveland Police Division had tracked his “hog” down, and it was delivered to the skipper at Progressive Subject on Wednesday afternoon. Francona was seen hugging the cops and posing for images earlier than he hopped again on the saddle and buzzed down East ninth Avenue.
Francona’s scooter has grow to be a staple in Cleveland. Bobbleheads have been manufactured from the skipper using it, the “hog” has made the journey right down to Spring Coaching on the staff’s tools vehicles, and even Francona’s good buddy Kevin Money is aware of simply how essential it’s to him, contemplating one of many Rays supervisor’s pranks towards Francona in 2018 included placing the scooter in the course of the sphere throughout Tampa Bay’s batting observe.
It doesn’t matter what exterior elements have tried to drive a wedge between Francona and his scooter, nothing has succeeded. And clearly, the skipper couldn’t be happier.
