Red Sox Legend Describes 'Stunned' Reaction To Alex Cora Firing
Terry Francona revealed how he felt when he heard the Cora news.
Red Sox Legend Describes 'Stunned' Reaction To Alex Cora Firing originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Terry Francona and Alex Cora both know how it feels to get fired by the Boston Red Sox .
Francona, who managed Cora in Boston, was let go after the Red Sox's historic September collapse in 2011. Fifteen years later, Cora had the inverse experience, getting fired amid a historically bad start . When Francona, who now manages the Cincinnati Reds, first heard the news , he couldn't believe it.
"My first thought was it wasn't true... I was stunned that it happened," Francona said on Buster Olney's podcast . "What made it more stunning, I thought, was the timing of everything and replacing five guys on a Major League staff.
That's hard to do. " On the podcast, https://t. co/qf21XHuT5v Terry Francona talked about his initial reaction when he heard that Alex Cora had been fired.