News about Alex Cora

New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole plunked Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers in the first inning of Saturday's loss in the Bronx, and Boston manager Alex Cora is convinced it was intentional. Devers saw four inside pitches Cole in his first at-bat on Saturday, the last of which caught a piece of the three-time All-Star. Then in the fourth, Cole intentionally walked Devers despite the fact that nobody was even on base. 'I wasn't surprised at all [about the intentional walk] because in the first at-bat I felt that [Cole] hit [Devers] on purpose,' Cora said after the Sox won, 7-1. 'He doesn't want to face him. That's the bottom line. He told us with the intentional walk that in the first at-bat he hit him. He hit him. ... We took exception to that.'

Another Spygate scandal could be on the horizon as the Canadian women's soccer coach Bev Priestman was sent home from the Paris Olympics amid a slew of drone spying allegations.  Canada Soccer confirmed Priestman was suspended on Thursday after 'additional information' was brought to their attention regarding 'previous drone use against opponents, predating the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.'  Assistant coach Andy Spence will replace her for the rest of the tournament after members of the team allegedly used drones to spy on rival New Zealand, who were beaten by Canada 2-1 in the first round. 

For the third time in the last four seasons, the Red Sox (78-84) finished last in the AL East. Since 2018, Bush had been instructing pitchers, while Febles was the third-base coach since 2018. Last week, before any changes to the team's staff were revealed, boss Alex Cora made it clear that the Red Sox are expected to raise the bar in terms of coaching experience with players next season.

Justin Verlander of the Boston Red Sox didn't hold back from striking out at Boston red Sox boss Alex Cora on Tuesday night. Verlander was overheard, telling the Red Sox skipper to 'f*** off' when he stepped onto the field during Houston's 7-3 victory over the Red Sox. The Astros pitcher had been having issues with his PitchCom unit and called off the game until a new one was ferried over to him on the field. Cora, clearly upset by the delay, came out of the dugout to argue for an automatic ball.

Rob Manfred, the MLB commissioner, has expressed regret for the Astros' sign-stealing scandal, in which he largely gave players anonymity for their positions in the case. According to MLB investigators, the Astros used a monitor in the dugout that included a video stream from center field, allowing them to see the signs from the opposing catcher throughout the 2017 season (and postseason) and a portion of the 2018 regular season. Players in the dugout would bang on a garbage can with a bat to alert a teammate of an off-speed pitch.

After leaving the Yankees' match against the Red Sox on Friday, Tanner Houck was stitched up and checked out at the hospital. After Boston's 15-5 victory, he was alert the entire time, so that's fine,' manager Alex Cora said. He has been shot, and he's right now getting more tests.' We'll know more at the end of the night, obviously. But he was lucky.' Kyle Higashioka of New York led off and fell behind 1-2 in the count as Boston led 10-1 in the fifth innings before hitting Houck with a 92 mph sinker straight up the middle and striking Houck. Cora said it cut him in his cheek area.

After a pitcher Matt Dermody's homophobic tweet resurfaced, the Boston Red Sox were compelled to reverse damage control. In 2021, the 32-year-old said homosexuality was still a sin on the Japanese team the Saitama Seibu Lions, which declared homosexuality a sin. His tweet, which seemed to be addressing Pride Month, stated that homosexuals would go to hell.

With the size of first, second, and third base projected to increase in size, Major League Baseball games will be looking at least a little different this season. Not everybody is a fan, with Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora claiming to be ecstatic over the physical aspects of the change. To reporters, Cora said, "the bases, they're the bases." To be honest with you, 'It'tt till they see them; they look like a pizza box.'

Jeff Luhnow, the general manager of the New England Astros, allegedly deleted personal information from his phone in the hopes of releasing it to Major League Baseball investigators during the 2019 investigation into allegations of unlawful sign stealing by the team's players two years ago. Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch were both suspended for a season by MLB and fired by the Astros on January 13, 2020, after league investigators discovered that Houston players were stealing opposing catchers' signs en route to the club's first championship in 2017. Now author Evan Drellich claims Luhnow was accused of deleting electronic evidence relating to the probe but told MLB officials that he was editing personal photos of his wife.'