Alex Cora and his camp say he’ll be ready for a major league managing job next year should the opportunity arise.
He’s one of the masterminds behind the Houston Astros trash can beating, sign stealing, most egregious cheating scandals in recent times. He most likely had a hand in similar shenanigans a year later as a member of the Boston Red Sox. Now Alex Cora is ready to take the reins again, he just needs a team of horses to guide.
Before the suspension came, putting Cora on the sidelines for the entire 2020 season, he was a part of two of the last three World Series winning teams. Now jobless, he sits at home thinking about his next move.
Cora, though he claims the sign stealing was more than a two man operation, was mentioned in the in the report conducted by the league more times than anybody else. The operation may not have been his sole doing, though he was a large part of continuing the trade.
When he was hired as manager of the Red Sox, he seemed to take a version of the idea over there as well.
Now he sits at home thinking he’ll land another job managing in the major leagues. I’m thinking we are looking at another blackball job, ala Ozzie Guillen.
Why would a team bring in Alex Cora with the stained background he has. When the games return fans are already going to be staying away in droves as they have been frustrated by the owners and players bickering over money. Add a cheating manager to the mix and any fan base would be turned off even more. Fans don’t need any more reasons to boo.
In an interview with the Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy Cora expressed his regret over past actions and a renewed hope of moving past them.
"I know it’s not going to be easy, as far as people giving me a chance,” he said. “They are going to look back and then they are going to have to make up their minds. But at the end, I’m paying the price. I’m embarrassed. I’m sorry for what happened. And we have to move on."
Where Cora is ready to move on, I don’t think the league is. I would be shocked to see him in the league again anytime soon, even as a bench coach or base coach, roles he previously held before taking over as manager.
Alex Cora may have a job next year managing, my guess is it will be at a high school or junior college somewhere.