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Alex Cora fired: How former Red Sox manager replied to Sam Kennedy’s email
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In the early hours of Sunday morning , Alex Cora responded to Sam Kennedy’s email about the decision to fire the longtime Red Sox manager.
Cora hit “reply all” in order to send a message to every member of the Red Sox organization. MassLive’s Chris Cotillo reported that just before 4 a.m., Cora sent an email thanking everyone for the support.
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“The Cora’s will be OK,” he said with a winking face emoji.
Cora was fired hours after the Red Sox mollywhopped the Baltimore Orioles , 17-1, on Saturday afternoon. After the postgame dinner, Cora returned to the Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore where principal owner John Henry, team president/CEO Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow awaited to break the news.
“Incredibly difficult day,” Kennedy told MassLive outside the hotel . “We’ll discuss more tomorrow. Grateful to Alex for everything he has done for the organization and all the guys. We’re gonna move forward tomorrow.”
The Red Sox fired Cora and five members of his coaching staff. Chad Tracy , who was the WooSox manager, will take over in the interim.
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It was a shocking turn of events, especially after a big win and it being so early in the season.
But Cora appeared to be fine with the news, posting “Happy!” on social media as well as texting the same response to a handful of Red Sox reporters.
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