Alex Cora should write the manual on how to look like "The Man" after getting fired, because he's made all the right social media moves since being ousted by the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night (along with five coaches), and fans are loving every second of it.
A few hours after getting axed, Cora posted a glorious photo of himself and the fired coaches posing in front of a private jet as if they'd just won a billion dollars. A thumbs-down sign from a beaming Jason Varitek was the only giveaway in the photo that this group hadn't just won the World Series. Ironically, Varitek was the only one pictured who wasn't fired; he's reportedly been "reassigned" to a new role, although Red Sox insiders have already speculated that Varitek isn't remotely interested in serving the re-organized Red Sox regime (if you couldn't already tell from this photo).
Alex Cora reminds the world that the Red Sox were idiotic for trading Mookie Betts
But Cora wasn't done with his social media assault; in fact, he followed the photo with a haymaker of an Instagram story. In a symbolic move, Cora shared a video of former Red Sox superstar Mookie Betts talking about his love for Cora and the Red Sox, but also alluding to the fact that the "business" of the game took him away from Boston. The video's theme was essentially one of enduring disbelief: "Did the Red Sox really trade Mookie Betts?"
This was a reminder from Cora that Red Sox leadership was too cheap to retain Betts (a mistake they've been paying for since, ironically), just as they were too cheap (and entitled) to avoid fumbling Alex Bregman this past offseason.
Cora's not-so-subliminal message to fans was clear: The Red Sox organization is a sinking ship, it has been since they traded Betts, and it's all due to a dysfunctional upper management that in no way prioritizes winning.
Alex Cora is happy to have washed his hands clean of the Red Sox already
It's no wonder that Cora texted multiple Red Sox reporters on Saturday night that he was "happy" to be free of this organization, a sentiment he later shared on Twitter/X.
Happy!
— Alex (@ac13alex) April 26, 2026
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On Sunday, as the sun rose on the first day of the post-Cora era in Boston, MLB's top voices weren't convinced that this firing was anything other than a scapegoat situation enforced by an out-of-touch owner presiding over a dying brand.
“Under Henry, the Sox are incoherent, dysfunctional and forever poised to overreact," The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal wrote. "(But) “Sweet Caroline” keeps playing. Time for fans to alter the refrain. No good, No good, no good.”
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