Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said something to reporters on Sunday that he probably shouldn’t have said, prompting an MLB inquiry.
According to the New York Post, MLB is investigating Cora after he said the Red Sox threw at New York Yankees star Aaron Judge during Saturday’s game.
In the sixth inning, BoSox reliever Brayan Bello fired a pitch behind Judge. Earlier in the game, Yankees starter Gerrit Cole struck Boston’s third baseman Rafael Devers with a pitch. He later intentionally walked Devers with the bases empty to show he didn’t want to face the Red Sox star.
Cora stated before Sunday’s game that he believed the matter was “closed” and that there was no ill blood between the two clubs from that game.
“It was closed [Saturday] around the sixth inning,” Cora explained (via The Post). “We had a chance. It did not happen.
Cora’s allegation that Boston attempted to hit Judge did not disturb the Yankees slugger, who pointed out that if a player from one side is struck by a pitch, there may be retaliation.
“That’s the way this game kinda gets policed, and has been policed, for over 100 years,” according to him.
This is the second time in a week that a player or coach’s casual comment to reporters has resulted in a league investigation. After leading the San Francisco 49ers to victory last Monday night, running back Jordan Mason intimated that he had known he would start since Friday. That contradicted the team’s official injury categorization of running back Christian McCaffrey as “questionable” just before game time.
An NFL inquiry cleared the 49ers of any misconduct in that case, while NBC Sports NFL source Mike Florio claimed that the league “wasn’t looking very hard” into the situation.
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