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Red Sox to Bring John Farrell Back as Manager
The Red Sox say Farrell will return despite being on the hot seat for much of the last year-plus.
John Farrell will be back next season as Red Sox manager, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said at a season-ending press conference Tuesday afternoon.
The Red Sox this season won the American League East, but a disappointing sweep at the hands of the Cleveland Indians abruptly ended the season.
Farrell guided the team to a World Series championship in 2013, but has endured some of the more disappointing seasons in the current ownership group's tenure since then. 2015's last-place finish was the team's second in a row, the first time the franchise had endured back-to-back last-place finishes since 1929-30.
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He was diagnosed with stage 1 lymphoma last August. The team announced in October that his cancer was in remission. Farrell's rumored relationship with Comcast SportsNet New England sideline reporter Jessica Moran led to Moran's resignation right before the season started.
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