The reports are out there. Terry “Tito” Francona will not return as manager of the Red Sox after the team’s historic September collapse caused them to miss the playoffs.

Francona is apparently not being fired, technically. But his time in the Boston dugout is, apparently, done.

Francona managed the Red Sox to the 2004 and 2007 World Series titles, Boston’s first since 1918.

Your move, Red Sox Nation. Is this a massive jinx?

There has been a terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Hundreds have been confirmed dead already. The coming hours and days will reveal much more about the scale and the reach of the devastation.

Some major league ballplayers are from Japan. So far, their families are okay.