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Puerto Rican baseball player and manager (born 1975)
Jose Alexander Cora is a Puerto Rican professional baseball manager and former infielder who most recently managed the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for 14 seasons with the Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, and Washington Nationals.
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The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park, located in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.
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When it rains, it pours in Philly. After the Philadelphia Phillies started the season 9–19, Dave Dombrowski decided that he wanted to move on from Rob Thomson and Alex Cora, as Cora had been fired from the Red Sox at the same time.
Cora, fired by the Red Sox in April, has turned the Phillies down twice and is loving life in Puerto Rico. He's also still getting paid and will collect another $7 million next year.
The former Red Sox manager reportedly turned down a second offer to manage Philadelphia.