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\"tito-chew\"<\/p>\n

Cleveland Indians’ manager Terry Francona, seriously, dude, your body is trying to tell you something. It would behoove you to listen.<\/p>\n

Francona is a noted tobacco chewer. He’s publicly spoken about his habit and how hard it is to break. Maybe this will be enough to finally convince him it’s time to quit for good.<\/p>\n

The other night during the Indians’ playoff game versus the Blue Jays, Francona’s tooth came out … in his chew.<\/p>\n

Yes, he found his tooth in his plug of tobacco. About a 9 1\/2 out of 10 on the grossness scale.<\/p>\n

From a story:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cRight before the game<\/span><\/span>, I mean, like literally, my lower tooth, the veneer popped out while I was chewing,\u201d Francona told reporters Tuesday. \u201cThat thing came off, and I\u2019m chewing, and it felt crunchy. I was like, \u2018Uh oh.\u2019 So I undid my tobacco, and there\u2019s my tooth.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Terry, seriously, man, one of the things chewing tobacco does is destroy gum tissue … meaning that chew likely had something to do with your tooth coming out … in your chew. You really need to try and try again and keep trying until you’re able to quit.<\/p>\n

OK, wait until after the\u00a0World Series\u00a0is over. I give you that, that you have bigger things on your mind right now.<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Indians’ manager Terry Francona, seriously, dude, your body is trying to tell you something. It would behoove you to listen. Francona is a noted tobacco chewer. He’s publicly spoken about his habit and how hard it is to break. Maybe this will be enough to finally convince him it’s time to quit for good. … Continue reading Terry Francona’s body trying to send him a message — finds a tooth in his chew<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[263,14,1],"tags":[272,108],"class_list":["post-3968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chew-in-baseball","category-chewing-tobacco","category-uncategorized","tag-chew-in-baseball-2","tag-chewing-tobacco-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tito-chew.jpg?fit=650%2C432&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-120","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2315,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2315","url_meta":{"origin":3968,"position":0},"title":"ESPN, Chicago Sun-Times call for MLB ban on chewing tobacco in wake of Tony Gwynn’s death","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"June 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Jim Caple, writer for ESPN and the Chicago Sun-Times both published editorials this week calling for baseball to ban chew in the wake of Tony Gwynn's death from cancer. 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