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He said there were like 10,000 emails for the Boston case.

On the same call, Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom reiterated that when the team parted ways with Cora in January, it was for his conduct with the Astros, saying, ““It had nothing to do with what may or may not have occurred in Boston. That’s still the case.” Bloom stopped short of saying that he would hire Cora again, but did add, “My opinion of him is very high.”

Seems like it wouldn't have made a difference either way. The team just didn't have it last year.

Asked whether he felt Cora deserved a second chance, Kennedy said, “I do. That’s my personal feeling. He does need to go through a rehabilitation process. What he did was wrong. He acknowledged it to us and apologized to us for that. But I’m a big believer in second chances and we all wish him well.”

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-red-sox-got-slapped-on-the-wrist-for-their-illegal-sign-stealing/ The report stresses that MLB rules did not and still do not prohibit every method of sign stealing, noting that it is permissible both for baserunners to attempt to do so in-game and for teams to utilize video before or after games, all with the goal of providing a competitive advantage. The report notes that from 2014 (when the current instant replay review system was put into place) to ’17, the league rules stated that “no equipment may be used for the purpose of stealing signs or conveying information designed to give a Club an advantage,” but that “many Clubs and their players did not view that prohibition as restricting staff and players in the replay room from attempting to decode signs during a game for use when a runner was on second base.” Various reports from around the league have suggested that other teams operated in that gray area as well; when they broke the news about the Red Sox’s allegations on January 7, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich reported that the Yankees began using the video room to decode sign sequences as far back as 2015. Hi Jacko!

Four more years, one more ring.

All of his posts now get asterisks. Sorry, that’s the rule.

I’ll give Rice-A-Roenicke a shot, but Cora already got it done. IMO, he should be manager in 2021.

Wrong thread you guys.

So dumb...

Someday you’ll realize the error of your ways.

No, he can’t coach this season.

Goal posts.

Welp, guess that makes a lot of asterisks for the Pettite and Clemens rings.

Very irrational.

Nah.

I am a god damned genius. You already know that though.

Should it tho?

Nope.

No, you dum dum.

Survey says...

No, you did not.

It's 100% why Roenicke is interim.

@ChrisCotillo Manfred: "Though we agreed not to discipline players who were truthful in their interviews, based on the findings of the investigation, this is not a case in which I would have otherwise considered imposing discipline on players."