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Nick Francona
@NickFrancona
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    Nick Francona
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    Jul 19, 2020
    I wrote an op-ed for @GQMagazine on the @Indians name change and the real underlying issues. Please check it out. “Quietly doing away with the name is the easy way out.” Special thank you to GQ’s awesome editor @chrisgayomali and also @JackPMoore.
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    The Cleveland Indians Need to Do More Than Change the Team's Name
    Few people have closer ties to the organization than Nick Francona (whose father is the team's manager). Here, he argues that a long-overdue rebrand is just the start.
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Sep 10, 2021
    How much did America lose its collective mind after 9/11? Annie Leibovitz photographed George W. Bush’s national security team for the cover of Vanity Fair.
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Jul 19, 2022
    Notice the difference in talking about a 21-year-old white college player and a 17-year-old from the Dominican Republic, on the same topic of on-field celebrations, literally two days apart.
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Feb 6, 2020
    In the summer of 2011, I was deployed to Afghanistan. We received mail every few weeks, mostly care packages from family & friends. One day, the pile of mail included a letter that stood out, from the campaign HQ of @MittRomney in Boston...(thread)
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Feb 6, 2020
    Replying to @NickFrancona
    The tone quickly changed. One of the Marines quietly said, “That’s pretty cool.” I agreed. @MittRomney won a few admirers that day who had been cursing his name just seconds before. It was a thoughtful gesture that meant a lot to me at the time and one I’ll always remember.
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Mar 2, 2021
    This isn’t easy, but it needs to be said. Here is my statement:
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    Britt Ghiroli
    @Britt_Ghiroli
    Mar 2, 2021
    Worst-kept secret: More women come forward, additional details emerge about Mickey Callaway’s lewd behavior and how it permeated the workplace. Story with @KatieJStrang & @Ken_Rosenthal: theathletic.com/2420251/2021/0…
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Oct 10, 2020
    Here’s my @USMC sniper platoon in Afghanistan. We had quite a few people you would call “third-world migrants.” Others would call them United States Marines. I call them my brothers.
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    Lauren Witzke
    @LaurenWitzkeDE
    Oct 7, 2020
    Most third-world migrants can not assimilate into civil societies. Prove me wrong.
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Feb 6, 2020
    Replying to @NickFrancona
    The note, dated 6/21/11, read: Nick, I admire your dad for all he’s done to bring baseball championships to Boston, but your service in Afghanistan as a Marine makes you the hero in the Francona family. Thank you for your service. Best wishes, Mitt Romney
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Aug 4, 2021
    Beta punctuation, bro.
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Feb 5, 2021
    Classic
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Aug 17, 2022
    If Andrew Yang succeeds in ending the two-party system it won’t be because he created a viable third party alternative, but because he aided the authoritarian movement in its quest for a single-party system.
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    May 11, 2020
    Translation: MLB leaks to media that owners agreed to a plan that was not done in collaboration with MLBPA, so they can get headlines just like this one, in the hope people will blame the players if they don’t accept further salary cuts in addition to the ones already negotiated.
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    ABC7 Eyewitness News
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    May 11, 2020
    MLB owners approve plan to start season around Fourth of July weekend abc7.la/2WlWcxl
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Jun 14, 2021
    If cops are “warriors,” who are they at war with? Go on, say the rest of it out loud.
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    Robert Murray
    @ByRobertMurray
    Jun 14, 2021
    Cleveland reliever James Karinchak launched his Whiffs for Warriors campaign today. He is donating $50 for every strikeout he picks up this year to the Cleveland Police Foundation. Fans can donate as well. pledgeit.org/whiffsforwarri…
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    Nick Francona
    @NickFrancona
    Sep 8, 2021
    It’s weird that it’s always the softest motherfuckers who are whining the loudest about the “decline of masculinity” and “feminization.”