How Alex Cora’s last hours as Red Sox manager played out | Chris Cotillo
Alex Cora returned to the Four Seasons in Baltimore after a blowout win over the Orioles to find John Henry, Sam Kennedy and Craig Breslow there, waiting to inform him of his firing.
BALTIMORE — In the minutes after the Red Sox routed the Orioles, 17-1, on Saturday afternoon in Baltimore, Alex Cora cracked a beer, joked with players and lauded his team for playing a complete game that snapped a four-game losing streak. Postgame dinner plans were made after an early 12:05 p. m.
ET start at Camden Yards. When Cora and his staff returned to the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, though, an organizational shakeup awaited them. Principal owner John Henry, team president/CEO Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow — all of whom weren’t scheduled to be on the road trip — were waiting to inform Cora and five coaches that they had been fired, effective immediately .
The scene at the Four Seasons was one of shock. Around 8:05 p. m.
ET, the trio of Henry, Kennedy and Breslow departed the hotel for dinner. Players milled around the lobby trying to make sense of the news. As players like Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony and Masataka Yoshida returned to the hotel from dinner, the crowd in the lobby grew as Cora and the fired coaches emerged with suitcases packed.
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