Editing Terry Francona (section)

===Broadcasting===
Following his departure from the Red Sox in 2011, Francona was employed by the [[Major League Baseball on Fox|Fox]] network as a substitute [[color analyst]] for the first two games of the [[2011 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. Francona, who teamed with play-by-play announcer [[Joe Buck]], filled in for regular Fox analyst [[Tim McCarver]], who was recuperating from minor heart surgery.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hiestand|first=Michael|date=October 5, 2011|title=Terry Francona replaces Fox's Tim McCarver for ALCS games 1, 2|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/10/foxs-tim-mccarver-out-for-alcs-games-1-and-2/1|access-date=October 5, 2011|work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>
On December 5, 2011, Francona signed with [[ESPN Major League Baseball|ESPN]] joining their ''[[Sunday Night Baseball]]'' telecast, replacing [[Bobby Valentine]], who himself replaced Francona as manager of the Red Sox.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 5, 2011|title=Terry Francona joins ESPN as analyst|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/7321482/terry-francona-former-boston-red-sox-manager-join-espn-sunday-night-baseball|access-date=June 15, 2021|website=[[ESPN]]|language=en}}</ref> During the 2012 season, he worked as an analyst on ''Sunday Night Baseball'', contributed to [[ESPN.com]], and contributed to ESPN's [[Little League World Series]] coverage.