in his hometown of Caguas, Puerto Rico,<\/a> with his fianc\u00e9e Angelica and his twin nine-year-old sons, Xander and Isander. They\u2019ve traveled through Europe and even returned to Boston for a trio of World Cup matches. In deciding when to manage again, Cora said his family will play a pivotal role.<\/p>\n\u201cThere are three different opinions in that room right now,\u201d he said. \u201cYou ask the boys, they want me to manage, and they have their teams. You ask Angelica, she\u2019s very polite about it and let\u2019s see what the future holds.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cora said Angelica influenced him to turn down the job with Philadelphia, which opened days after he was let go in Boston. It was an opportunity to work with Dave Dombrowski, with whom Cora had won the 2018 World Series in Boston.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was very honest after the situation in Boston and whatever could have happened. She was the one that slowed everything down for me and for us, making sure that the family was in the right place for us to move forward whenever we decide to,\u201d Cora said. \u201cTeamwork goes on the field and off the field. You have to surround yourself with people who understand this journey and this business.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cora figures to be a sought-after candidate this winter. The Phillies and New York Mets will each be in the market for a full-time skipper, not to mention any other jobs that turn over at the end of the season. Over parts of eight seasons with the Red Sox from 2018 to 2026, Cora went 620-541 (.534) with an 18-10 record in three postseason appearances. Cora was suspended for the 2020 season because of his involvement in the Astros\u2019 sign-stealing scandal before being rehired by the Red Sox for 2021.<\/p>\n
And if Cora isn\u2019t back managing next season, he does already have plans for a trip to his old home. He plans to run the Boston Marathon next April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said he would like to manage again; he\u2019s just not sure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,5156,591,85],"class_list":["post-851904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}