It's business as usual for the Red Sox, but will firing Alex Cora bring a World Series?

In one of the most shocking moves we’ve seen from a front office in recent memory, the Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora on Saturday, and they did it just 27 games into the season.A decision this surprising invites a deep dive into the history of how the Red Sox have been handled over the past 20 years to see what would lead them to part ways with Cora, who is one of the best managers in the sport, according to executives in both leagues I spoke to who were all just as shocked as the rest of us when it went down.Advertisement