FORT MYERS, Fla. — If Alex Cora was not in the Boston Red Sox dugout for some unforeseen reason, there is no doubt he would’ve been in the first base dugout.
The Red Sox manager is not only a native of P.R but spends a few months – November and December – back there support his former winter league, Criollos de Caguas.
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