BOSTON - Terry Francona didn't feel well when he woke up Monday morning. But he wasn't worried.
Doctors had checked him out extensively after he felt tightness in his chest Wednesday.
"I got my okay the other day," he said.
So the Red Sox manager ran out of the dugout toward the first-base line, where he was the first member of the World Series winner to receive his championship ring during a ceremony before the home opener against the Yankees.
On the team bus to Wednesday's game, Francona started feeling the tightness in his chest.
"I think I had classic signs of heart problems," Francona said.
He still had his sense of humor Monday when he joked about the way closer Keith Foulke gave up two runs in the ninth inning before retiring the side in Boston's 6-5 win over Toronto on Friday.
"If I didn't have a heart attack then, I'm never going to," Francona said.
Team physician Thomas Gill has said tests showed no evidence of a serious heart problem.
On Monday, Francona entered the clubhouse for the team's first game at Fenway since it won Game 2 of the World Series.
"He was just about crying when he walked in," centerfielder Johnny Damon said. "He really missed us."
