Red Sox Owners Are Cowards & Alex Cora is a Broken Man

Boston Red Sox owners John Henry and Tom Werner are total cowards. Instead of explaining why they abruptly fired Dave Dombrowski as the stroke of midnight they left it to manager Alex Cora to do it - someone who played no role in that decision.

Cora look like a dejected man as the Red Sox lost 5-0 to the Yankees and eliminated from winning their fourth consecutive AL East title. Perhaps Cora figures he could be on the chopping block too or has a more shorter leash than he thought. Not even the return of David Ortiz, fully recovered from his shotgun wound, could lift Cora's spirits or what's left of the Fenway Faithful. I cannot help but wonder if Big Papi would have been at Fenway tonight if Dombrowski still had his job.

Yes, the Red Sox have won four World Series titles under their ownership. But Henry and Werner don't behave so well when they don't win. It was like when they blamed broadcaster Don Orsillo for low ratings during their last place campaign in 2015 (the year they hired Dombrowski). As if Orsillo could be held responsible for what happened on the field. To add insult to injury, they offered Orsillo a group sales job at the third of his salary. It was offer he had to refuse. Fortunately, Orsillo found a nice landing spot in San Diego. 

It's easy to be magnaminous when you win. It's not so easy lose. Obviously, managers, general managers, VPs and presidents get hired and fired all the time in pro sports. But when it's unexpected, the owner or owners need to explain their decision and not hand it off to someone else. To do otherwise is an act of cowardice.