ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A major league manager can record his first career win only once. So there was Alex Cora, eyes red from the sting of champagne and a soaked towel slung over his shoulder after a dousing by his victorious Boston Red Sox players here Friday night.
“We wasted a lot of beer,” smiling pitcher David Price said.
Sure, the second game of the season seems a little premature for a clubhouse celebration. But Cora has been an air freshener to a team that didn’t have much fun last season under former manager John Farrell.