{"id":56785,"date":"2025-05-22T09:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56785"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:33:42","slug":"boston-red-sox-manager-addresses-criticism-after-missing-game-for-daughters-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56785","title":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox manager addresses criticism after missing game for daughter\u2019s graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is defending himself for missing one of the team&#8217;s games to attend his daughter&#8217;s college graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Cora skipped a May 19 game between the Red Sox and the New York Mets at Boston&#8217;s Fenway Park in order to watch his daughter, Camila, participate in a graduation ceremony at Boston College.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made the best decision for my daughter, and for those who don\u2019t understand, I\u2019m not gonna try to convince them,\u201d Cora told reporters May 20 in a video NBC Sports Boston shared on TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>Cora came under fire in local media for skipping the game, which the Red Sox won 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Felger, a popular radio personality at 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, slammed Cora&#8217;s decision, noting that Boston College&#8217;s graduation ceremony took place in the morning while the Red Sox game started at 6:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were, I believe, done by noon, which means you can have a nice big party in the middle of the day,\u201d Felger said, according to the Boston Herald. \u201cJust cab down the street and manage the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just the leadership and optics of the whole thing,&#8221; Felger added. &#8220;It\u2019s a very easy chance for him to say, \u2018Nothing\u2019s more important than tonight\u2019s game.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/4vlaVh88mwL4ByfzTsglsg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nbc_today_217\/eac3df497ee7f8a4204de2f505cadb68\" alt=\"Boston Red Sox manager addresses criticism after missing game for daughter\u2019s graduation\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" aria-modal=\"true\"><\/dialog><\/div><figcaption>Cora poses with his daughter Camila during the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Progressive Field on July 8, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Billie Weiss \/ Boston Red Sox via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In NBC Sports Boston&#8217;s video from the follow-up press conference, Cora could be seen shaking his head in disagreement as one reporter suggested he could have &#8220;rushed out&#8221; of his daughter&#8217;s graduation to attend the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Camila) wanted me to be with her and it was her day so this is secondary,&#8221; Cora responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, we\u2019re in this world for a purpose, right, and for me, it\u2019s to raise her, try to do the best we can. Obviously it wasn\u2019t perfect, but right now, it\u2019s perfect,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t going to miss it,&#8221; he later added.<\/p>\n<section><\/section>\n<p>Cora later laughed after another reporter asked him if he was bothered by the criticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have their own opinions,\u201d Cora replied. \u201cI bet those people, they have families too. And at one point, they had to make decisions, too. And I bet they made decisions for the best of the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sports fans applauded Cora&#8217;s decision to prioritize his child in the comments section of NBC Sports Boston&#8217;s video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are 162 games in the baseball season for some reason. His daughter graduates once,&#8221; one wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a father first,&#8221; another fan wrote in support.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who in their right mind is arguing against this?&#8221; asked someone else.<\/p>\n<p>Cora posted a photo on Instagram that showed more than a dozen family members celebrating Camila at her graduation on Monday. He wrote in his caption, #FamiliaEsFamilia, or #FamilyIsFamily.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No need to elaborate,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on TODAY.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Red Sox manager responded to criticism after he missed game against the New York Mets to attend his daughter&#8217;s graduation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[46,1496,1956,2005,47,2008,2007,2006,17],"class_list":["post-56785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-alex-cora","tag-boston","tag-boston-college","tag-boston-herald","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-graduation-ceremony","tag-mike-felger","tag-nbc-sports-boston","tag-new-york-mets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boston Red Sox manager addresses criticism after missing game for daughter\u2019s graduation - 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