Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is parting ways with the team after being implicated in two cheating scandals
Alex Cora, the manager who led the Boston Red Sox to a World Series title in 2018 but has been a key figure in Major League Baseball's sign-stealing scandal, and the team have"mutually agreed to part ways," the Sox said on Twitter on Tuesday evening.
Cora has been blamed in the Houston Astros cheating operation in 2017 and MLB is investigating allegations that the Red Sox organization employed a similar system of using technology to steal signs during their World Series Championship season.Cora joined the Red Sox in late 2017 after one season as the Astros bench coach.Cora has not been punished in the investigation.
Costas explains intricate system Astros used to steal signs 01:47The investigation stems from a report in November in The Athletic, the sports news website, in which former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers -- who now pitches for Oakland -- said he warned his new teammates that at the Astros' home games, Houston used an outfield camera fixed on the opposing catcher to steal signs and relay the information to hitters.
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