I was reading an article this morning where Terry Francona, the manager of the Boston Red Sox, bet Larry Lucchino, President and CEO of the same team, that he could quit his tobacco habit. The loser of the bet will donate $20,000 to Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Hopefully the coach wins, and quits his bad tobacco habit. I would be a good start to showing other in the league that smokeless tobacco isn’t need to be a Major League Baseball Player or coach.

It’s just a small step in the right direction, but the real winner here is the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.