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SPORTS Monday 23 october 2017
Red Sox hire Alex Cora as new manager

A native of Puerto Rico, Caguas in the Puerto Rican
Cora is the first Hispanic Winter League for the past
manager for a franchise five years, while also serving
that was the last in the ma- as the club’s manager for
jor leagues to field a black the past two years.
player. The Red Sox faced Red Sox general manager
renewed racial scrutiny this Dave Dombrowski said the
season after Orioles out- fact that Cora is bilingual
fielder Adam Jones report- was “very significant for our
ed being subjected to ra- club.” He also praised Co-
cial slurs at Fenway Park. ra’s willingness to work with
A day later, a fan was modern statistical analyt-
banned from the ballpark ics, and his success relating
for life for using racial slurs in to both young players and
the stands. veterans.
Red Sox president Sam Cora played 14 years in the
Kennedy said at the time major leagues before retir-
the episode made him feel ing in 2011, including parts
“deep remorse that these of four seasons with the
things happen in our soci- Red Sox.
ety. “But it’s the reality of He was a lifetime .243 hit-
the world that we live in,” ter with 35 homers and
he said. “Hopefully, this is a 286 RBIs. In 2003, he led
step forward.” the league in putouts and
and for where we intend to Cora has been the general double plays by a second
Houston Astros bench coach Alex Cora tips his hat during batting
practice before Game 6 of the American League Championship go over the coming years.” manager for the Criollos de baseman.q
Series baseball game against the New York Yankees Friday,
Oct. 20, 2017, in Houston.
Associated Press
By JIMMY GOLEN World Series against the
AP Sports Writer Los Angeles Dodgers, Bos-
BOSTON (AP) — The Bos- ton had a chance to hire
ton Red Sox hired Houston Cora without running afoul
Astros bench coach Alex of baseball’s ban on major
Cora as manager Sun- moves during the Series.
day, turning to a player Cora, 42, replaces John
from their 2007 World Se- Farrell, who led the Red Sox
ries championship roster to to the 2013 title and in the
help the team out of its cur- last two years claimed the
rent playoff slump. first back-to-back AL East
“Returning to the Red Sox championships in franchise
and the city of Boston is a history. But Boston also fin-
dream come true for me ished last twice in Farrell’s
and my family,” Cora said tenure, and the ballclub
in a statement released by has won just one playoff
the team. “I look forward game since winning it all in
to working towards the ul- his first season.
timate goal of winning an- “In Alex, we have found a
other championship for this natural leader to guide our
city and its great fans.” clubhouse,” Red Sox owner
The Red Sox announced John Henry said. “His base-
the hire Sunday, a day af- ball acumen and his ability
ter Cora’s Astros eliminated to think strategically are un-
the New York Yankees in common for someone his
the AL Championship Se- age. We could not have
ries. With two days off be- found a better match for
fore Houston opens the our players, our front office

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