{"id":181267,"date":"2026-04-28T16:51:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=181267"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:51:44","slug":"red-sox-heartbreak-fired-manager-alex-cora-drops-raw-heartfelt-farewell-message-to-boston-fans-the-emotional-words-that-left-the-city-emotional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=181267","title":{"rendered":"RED SOX HEARTBREAK: Fired Manager Alex Cora Drops RAW &#038; HEARTFELT Farewell Message to Boston Fans \u2013 The Emotional Words That Left the City Emotional!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/alex-cora-breaks-silence-happy-post.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/alex-cora-breaks-silence-happy-post.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/alex-cora-breaks-silence-happy-post.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/alex-cora-breaks-silence-happy-post.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Fired Red Sox Manager Alex Cora Shares Heartfelt Message to Boston Fans\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Former Red Sox manager Alex Cora during his time in Boston. Cora broke his silence after his earlier \u2018happy\u2019 post following his firing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alex Cora shared a heartfelt message Tuesday, after posting \u201cHappy\u201d in response to his shocking firing by the Red Sox. The now former Red Sox manager seemed initially to be defiantly claiming he was \u201chappy\u201d to be dismissed from the Boston job. This time, Cora shared a message of thanks to Red Sox fans.<\/p>\n<p>Cora\u2019s controversial firing caught fans, the media and Red Sox players off guard, despite the team\u2019s dismal 10-17 start and a reported payroll of $256.3 million, the highest in team history. Cora was dismissed along with six members of his coaching staff immediately after a 17-1 win in Baltimore over the Orioles, easily the largest margin of victory for the Red Sox this season. The sudden move raised immediate questions about the future of the Red Sox franchise, and Cora\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few hours after the mass firing, Cora took to his Instagram account, posting a photo of himself and the fired coaches ready to board a private jet back to Boston, smiling and appearing quite pleased.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Cora took to his X (formerly Twitter) account to post a single word, \u201cHappy,\u201d along with a smiling emoji.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the firing, Cora arguably has a reason to be happy. During the 2024 season, the Red Sox offered him, and Cora signed, a three-year contract for $21.75 million.<\/p>\n<p>That contract effectively gives Cora a golden parachute. The Red Sox must now pay him another $12 million for essentially doing nothing, or even while he manages another team if a job offer comes along for next season.<\/p>\n<p>The fired coaches\u2019 salaries have not been made public, but MLB coaches\u2019 salaries are believed to top out at about $300,000 per year for the highest-paid members of a coaching staff, such as pitching and batting coaches.<\/p>\n<p>Cora did not give a reason for his sudden change in tone after his initial, rather glib \u201chappy\u201d posts.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Cora\u2019s Heartfelt Farewell Message<\/h2>\n<p>Following Cora\u2019s firing, the Red Sox have won two games in a row under newly named interim manager Chad Tracy, who was formerly manager of the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox. That extends the Red Sox winning streak to three, which may not seem overly impressive, but with three days left in April it marks the first three-game winning streak the Red Sox have put together so far in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, following the Red Sox 5-0 shutout of the Toronto Blue Jays on the road behind eight one-hit innings from lefty starter Ranger Suarez, Cora once again posted to his social media accounts, this time with an apparently heartfelt message saying goodbye to Boston.<\/p>\n<div id=\"b83d0c0307b2e7e38d799d33b50edebd\">\n<div>\n<article>Boston, we will miss you. Gracias for making us part of you. #RedSoxNation, you are the \u2764\ufe0f of that team, keep believing, you really care and that\u2019s what pushes everyone in the @RedSox to give it all day in and day out. With respect and love AC<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBoston, we will miss you,\u201d Cora wrote in the post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGracias for making us part of you. #RedSoxNation, you are the [heart] of that team, keep believing, you really care and that\u2019s what pushes everyone in the @RedSox to give it all day in and day out.<\/p>\n<p>With respect and love<\/p>\n<p>AC\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What\u2019s Next For Red Sox, Cora?<\/h2>\n<p>At a Sunday press conference to discuss the firings, Breslow praised Tracy as \u201cthe right guy to handle this transition,\u201d promising, \u201cwe\u2019re gonna put all of our effort into supporting him to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And yet, Breslow also said that he did not rule out hiring a new manager for the Red Sox before the current season is out, sending a message to Tracy that his \u201cinterim\u201d job is far from secure.<\/p>\n<p>As for Cora, the 50-year-old native of Puerto Rico has already seen his name linked to several other teams. According to a CBS Sports report, topping the list is the Philadelphia Phillies, where president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski on Tuesday fired manager Rob Thomson after a 9-19 start for a team with a $267 million reported payroll.<\/p>\n<p>When Dombrowski held the same job with the Red Sox, he gave Cora his first and only managerial job so far, hiring him to take over the Boston club starting with the 2018 season.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Former Red Sox manager Alex Cora during his time in Boston. Cora broke his silence after his earlier \u2018happy\u2019 post following his firing. 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