“I hope people can balance between having a celebration of his life as opposed to just being sad,' Guardians manager Terry Francona said. 'Whether it was from football, acting or being an activist. He just did so many good things.”
“I was a little kid when he played,” said Francona on Friday at Citi Field following the announcement that“Their careers in Cleveland overlapped. I think they lived in the same hotel for a while. With my dad, there wasn’t a No. 2 . There was just Jim Brown.
“I hope people can balance between having a celebration of his life as opposed to just being sad. Everybody knew who Jim Brown was. Whether it was from football, acting or being an activist. He just did so many good things.”Ad not displaying properly? Become a Cleveland Baseball Insider by clicking
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