News about Alex Cora

After a spectacular finish in the AL East, Red Sox FIRE Dave Bush and Carlos Febles as pitching and third base coaches pay the bill

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 9, 2023
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.

During the PitchCom dispute, Astros star Justin Verlander is caught telling Red Sox boss Alex Cora to 'f*** off.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 23, 2023
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 disappointment over the Astros' handling of the sign-stealing scandal

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 22, 2023
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 a brutal line drive hit the chest, Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck goes to the hospital

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 17, 2023
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 2021 homophobic tweet resurfaces, Red Sox pitcher Matt Dermody has been given a roster

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 9, 2023
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.

MLB's new bases 'look like a pizza box' with 3 sq in, according to Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora. The number of people affected by the increase is on the rise

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 14, 2023
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.'

During a sign-stealing investigation, ex-Astros GM Jeff Luhnow' deleted phone records,' according to Jeff Luhnow.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 24, 2022
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.'