I suppose someday we’ll give John Farrell credit for winning three American League East championships and the 2013 World Series during his five seasons as Red Sox manager.
That day is not today.
On Oct. 22, 2017, Alex Cora was named the 47th manager in Red Sox history. Before the cap-and-jersey photo ops at his introductory press conference a few weeks later were complete, I was already ready to call him the Red Sox’ best manager since Terry Francona’s mostly exceptional eight-year tenure ended in a sad sea of discarded chicken bones and beer cans in October 2011.