You might have noticed there’s A LOT going on in the news right now having to do with the 2020 presidential election, especially on Friday morning.
So you absolutely may have missed it and that’s perfectly fine: per multiple reports, including from USA TODAY Sports, the Boston Red Sox are rehiring Alex Cora as their manager.
Yes, that’s the same Alex Cora who brought the Red Sox to a title in 2018, who was then let go by Boston in January of this year (yep, that happened in 2020!) and was suspended for the entire season because he was the Houston Astros’ bench coach during the sign-stealing scandal of 2017.
And that report dropped right in the middle of news breaking regarding the election, around 9:16 a.m. ET on Friday:
Breaking: Alex Cora is back as Red Sox manager
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) November 6, 2020
There were lots of laughs to be had:
— QueenDoubleChamp🏆🏆 (@_deidreai) November 6, 2020
Yup, the Red Sox re-hired Alex Cora.
First: @JonHeyman. https://t.co/gyfaUFNWgJ
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 6, 2020
This is quite possibly the funniest news dump of all time https://t.co/2dXEkiJm2L
— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) November 6, 2020
Alex Cora going back to the Red Sox on this particular Friday is a first-ballot, unanimous selection to the Friday News Dump Hall of Fame
— Big Baby David (@BigBabyDavid_) November 6, 2020
NOBODY is a better master of the news dump than the @RedSox . Welcome home Cora! #goodgrief
— Devil Wears Eyeblack (@DevilWearsEyeBl) November 6, 2020
In other news, the least shocking thing to happen so far today is for the Red Sox to re-hire Alex Cora in the middle of the craziest election week of all time. Like we wouldn’t notice or something. 🤣
Welcome back, @ac13alex.
— Erika Leigh (@_ErikaLeigh) November 6, 2020
Pretty amazing.
