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The Reds play the cross-state rival the Cleveland Indians today at 4:05 eastern time.
Sports Illustrated has a cover with AL Cy Yonung Award winner Corey Kluber and the Indians sweet-swinging outfielder Michael Brantley, who won a Silver Slugger Award, on it. They also tabbed the Indians to win the 2015 World Series.
"NOT THE SI JINX," is the shout in Cleveland.
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"I'm glad that people think we have a pretty good team," Francona said. "Having those guys on the cover is cool. It gives them a chance to take some copies home to their families. We like to brag on them. I'm glad they are getting the recognition."
Other than that Francona isn't superstitious.
"It doesn't affect anything we do. If anything it makes us work harder. We try to turn everything into motivation whether it praise like this or criticism. You always want to get better," Francona said.
'We have a lot of folklore in baseball whether it is the billy goat in Chicago or the curse of Babe Ruth in Boston. They are fun but don't really affect anything," said the man who led the Red Sox to its first World Title in 86 years in 2004.
"I used to tell people in Boston, it wasn't the curse. It was lack of pitching. You get Curt Schilling and no Curse," Francona said.
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Francona is the son of former Cleveland Indian player Tito Francona and often answers to that name. He has some former Red history too. He signed as a free agent in late spring 1987. He found himself starting on opening day and hit a home run. He hit two more the rest of the season.
"I had to ride the elephant," Francona said of Marge Schott's annual Zoo fundraiser at her Indian Hill home. "If you weren't a good enough player to say 'no' you had to ride the elephant."
Michael Lorenzen is excited to make his first start of any kind in a Reds' uniform. Young Danny Salazar will pitch for Cleveland.
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