No matter the location, these friends always talk baseball

It does not matter if John Farrell, Terry Francona and DeMarlo Hale are in Sapporo, where MLB’s All-Stars wrapped up the five-game All-Star Series against Samurai Japan on Monday, back home on American soil or anywhere else. For three friends who met years ago over baseball, who bonded over baseball and who reunited this month in Japan over — what else? — baseball, the topic rarely strays.