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Alex Cora eyes front office role someday, but for now the dugout
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Early Red Sox offseason means start of search for new baseball
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A cheater, yes, but there was more to Alex Cora
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Red Sox manager Alex Cora fired in sign-stealing scandal
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Red Sox Manager Alex Cora Said What? - Over the Monster
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Red Sox Manager Alex Cora To 'Part Ways' With Boston After Sign
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Boston Red Sox: Front office meets with Alex Cora
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Manager Alex Cora says Red Sox have to 'turn the page' in absence
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Boston Red Sox's Alex Cora (COVID) 'feeling a lot better'; Team
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Yankees' Carlos Mendoza competing with Alex Cora for Red Sox manager