• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Larry Brown Sports

Larry Brown Sports

Brown Bag it, Baby

  • Home
  • Blog View
  • NFL
  • NCAAF
  • NBA
  • MLB
  • Media
  • Headlines
  • Podcast
BaseballAlex CoraBoston Red Sox

Report: Red Sox had significant doubts about bringing back Alex Cora

November 6, 2020 by Grey Papke • Comments
FacebookTweetLinkedInRedditThreadsWhatsAppEmail
Alex Cora

Alex Cora

Alex Cora had long been viewed as the favorite to land the Boston Red Sox manager job before it was made official on Friday. However, inside the organization, that was apparently never a certainty.

Cora still commands the respect of many inside the organization, including players and ownership, who won the 2018 World Series with him as manager. However, the ultimate decision was left to chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom, who has no previous ties to Cora.

According to Chad Jennings of The Athletic, many in the organization initially felt that Cora would not get the job when the search started. One Red Sox source told Jennings that the search “wasn’t a dog-and-pony show.”

Things shifted when Bloom and Cora began to have face-to-face meetings and Bloom began to seriously consider Cora’s strengths and witnesses. At one point, Cora asked Bloom if the chief baseball officer trusted him, and said the organization should move on if he didn’t. Bloom replied that he did.

In the end, Cora was reportedly one of two finalists for the job, and ultimately got it. He clearly won over Bloom, and it’s a move that will make the players happy as well.


  • i want more great stories!

Sign up today for free and get the best sports content sent to your inbox.

You can unsubscribe anytime. For more details, review our Privacy Policy.

.
LBS iPhone App
Get the App

Follow Us

Get instantly notified of the most viral news stories via Google!

  • Trending stories

Browns running back Quinshon Judkins looking on

Police share new details about Quinshon Judkins arrest

4 days ago
Damian Lillard looks on

3 reported frontrunners emerging for Damian Lillard

July 8, 2025
Karmelo Anthony poses for a mugshot

Karmelo Anthony will not face trial for a long time

2 days ago
Caitlin Clark dribbling

Indiana Fever president deletes her X account after receiving backlash for Caitlin Clark remarks

4 days ago
Angel Reese in a jersey

Angel Reese fires back at Robert Griffin III over his Caitlin Clark claim

6 days ago

Sidebar

© 2025 · LB Sports Media Group Inc

  • X
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed
  • About
  • Contact
  • Editorial Process
  • Staff Writers
  • Privacy Policy
Dedicated to the memory of Nevil Vega