CLEVELAND (AP) — Terry Francona could have used his old scooter to get around the renovated service area beneath Progressive Field.

Instead, Francona made do with walking and joked about the changes that have occurred at the ballpark he called home for 11 seasons.

Francona returned to Cleveland for the first time since being named Cincinnati’s manager as the Reds opened a three-game series against the Guardians on Monday.

“I got lost about three times. That’s the longest (clubhouse) hallway I’ve ever seen,” Francona said. “I don’t think I’ve seen the whole thing yet just because I don’t feel like icing down my knees. But from what I’ve seen in the ballpark, it looks good.”

Francona — who used to ride a scooter from his downtown apartment to the ballpark — isn’t the only visitor who has joked about the long tunnel from the clubhouse to the dugout on the first-base side. Both clubhouses were renovated during the offseason, more than tripling their size.

The 66-year-old manager enters the series unbeaten against his former team: The Reds swept a three-game series at Cincinnati last month.

Francona was at the helm in Cleveland for 11 seasons and is the franchise’s leader in wins (921) and games managed (1,678). Cleveland made the playoffs six times under Francona and lost the 2016 World Series to the Chicago Cubs in seven games, falling just short of the franchise’s first title since 1948.

He was a senior advisor for the Guardians last year, but only made a couple of trips to Cleveland. He didn’t want to get in the way of manager Stephen Vogt and his coaching staff.

“There were a couple times during spring, two hours away I wanted to come up, but I didn’t think it was right,” Francona said. “I just thought for the new staff here, they needed to be able to do things. They don’t need me telling ’em how to do it or acting like I’m going to tell ’em how to do it.”