Alex Cora shaves beard; Boston Red Sox manager says, ‘If we win 10 in a row, it’s on me’

ATLANTA — The beard is gone.

“I’ll let you know what, if we win 10 in a row, it’s on me as a result of I ought to have acknowledged that earlier than,” Crimson Sox supervisor Alex Cora stated as he sat clear shaven within the guests dugout right here at Truist Park on Tuesday.

Cora thought it was time to shave with the Crimson Sox 10-19 to start out the season. Boston sits in final place within the AL East, 10 ½ video games behind the first-place Yankees.

“Like I used to be telling somebody at the moment, if our hitting depends upon my beard, we’re in massive, massive hassle,” Cora stated.

The Crimson Sox offense has averaged solely 3.3 runs per sport.

“Yesterday, I received up, took the household to the airport after which determined to shave,” he stated.

Some gamers seen, others didn’t as they walked by his workplace.

“I used to be telling the blokes, you know the way we get within the behavior of claiming hello simply to say hello to folks?” Cora stated. “And there was lots of people that may stroll by my workplace — I’ve received two doorways, — they’ll stroll by, ‘What’s up AC?’ And a few of them simply stored going in order that they didn’t listen. And others can be like, ‘What’s up AC?’ after which in a second it was like, ‘Oh, gosh.’ So no matter. It’s what it’s.”

Was Cora superstitious as a participant? His hassle Joey Cora was.

“My brother, I’m going to throw him underneath the bus however he was to the acute,” Cora stated. “So I discovered a bit of bit from him. However I used to be very routine-oriented. I performed with some guys that they had been worse. Raúl Mondesi, for instance. You know the way they throw the cups within the dugout? He wished no a part of that. He’ll be certain he picks it up. And it’s not as a result of he wished the dugout to be clear. …. He did it on a regular basis. On this sport, the whole lot goes. I feel that’s the great thing about 162.”

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