As Red Sox at last get ‘better,’ Alex Cora keeps showing his worth

Alex Cora's sophomore season as Red Sox manager hasn't matched Year One, but he's clearly got the trust of his players, which will only help as they fight to erase that slow start.COMMENTARY

“We need to get better” doesn’t quite have the ring of “our objective is to win tomorrow,” but I’m increasingly getting that Terry Francona vibe from Alex Cora. In result, yes, but just as much in tenor, tone, and temperature.

They aren’t as big a ‘t’ as talent, obviously, but we just watched a Celtics team that lacked them and look how that ended up.

Before the Red Sox played their one series of the season in Minnesota, which was just a game off the torrid pace the 2018 Red Sox set through 70 games, Cora…