The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

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["Pressure Drop" by Toots
and The Maytals plays]
[indistinct chatter]
[Garrett] Oh baby.
Mm, hmm, hmm, hmm… ♪
[Glenn] This is one of
the best atmospheres
that I have observed in
my 52 Spring Trainings.
It's just something about
the chemistry of this team,
the camaraderie, the enthusiasm
that you see in that clubhouse.
What Alex has done with this
team is absolutely amazing.
It is you ♪
- Oh yeah ♪
- Oh yeah ♪
It is you, you ♪
- [all] Oh!
- Oh, yeah ♪
- [laughter]
- [Cora] That's nice, baby!
We got a lot of
people in the family.
The next six weeks, hang out,
go out to dinner, meet people.
- Let's go, Masa. Let's go. Let's go.
- [Masa chuckles]
- [man 1] Got him.
- [man 2] Yeah!
[man 3] Whoa-ho! Yes, sir!
They get along great. No, bitching,
no complaining about drills.
They just put their head
down and kept working.
After the game on Wednesday,
we'll have the BBQ.
Good job. Let's go. Let's go.
There's been good clubhouse that
don't finish in first place.
But one thing for sure,
I never been part of a bad
clubhouse having successful seasons.
- Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!
- [woman] Yeah!
[Cora] Hell yeah! [chuckles]
Bring the good vibes. [chuckles]
- [both laughing]
- [music continues]
Let's go, kid. Have fun.
[Booser] You're sharing the clubhouse
with guys who have won Gold Gloves.
Getting to sit and listen to Alex Cora
talk each morning, it's incredible.
I kinda look around and be like, "I'm
in camp with the Boston Red Sox."
Like, this is, you know,
one of the coolest things
I've ever… I've ever seen.
- [Cora] Boos.
- [Andrew] Morning.
- [Craig] Morning.
- Good morning.
[Cora] What's up, kid?
- Um… We're making moves.
- Yeah.
We're gonna reassign you
to… to minor league camp.
- Understood.
- But great job, man.
[Booser] Thank you.
I never expected to be here,
so I took every day for what it was and
greatest experience of my life so far.
Obviously, you've been
through a ton, right?
But you're here. You're
fucking banging on the door.
Like, don't be thankful
that you had a day here.
You're a big leaguer. Be like,
"What the fuck are you guys doing?"
"You're making a mistake."
'Cause we might be.
I got invited to camp
as a non-roster invite,
meaning I'm not on the 40-man roster,
but I will attend Major League camp,
and go through everything that
all the guys on the roster does.
How's this? Am I all
right? Any stragglers?
You look elite.
Like a man amongst boys.
Cam Booser, to tell the truth,
a guy I did not know a lot about
going into Spring Training.
So he came in as just another guy,
and then I looked up his profile,
and I said, "This guy's 31 years
old." You know, "What is he doing?"
"He's still in the minor leagues
at 31, and he's throwing 98."
"What happened to this guy?"
So I just went and did some research,
and it was just an amazing story,
all the things this
guy went through.
The timeline of his whole
life is struggle, fight back,
struggle, fight back.
[poignant music plays]
His sophomore year, he played
football, and he snapped his femur.
You could hear the snap.
I've never heard that kind
of agonizing scream of pain.
Lifting weights in high
school, he broke his vertebrae.
[Booser] I had Tommy John in July of 2011
after my freshman year at Oregon State,
and then I transferred
to Central Arizona,
and I got hurt again, so I didn't
really pitch all that much.
[Ian] He finally got healthy.
The Twins drafted him.
And then he tore his labrum.
[Booser] The Minnesota Twins
doctor performed that surgery.
Then, when I was rehabbing my shoulder,
I got hit by a car on a bicycle
and fractured my sacrum.
I was pretty limited with my mobility
and being able to move around after that.
I ended up medically retiring.
I felt like that was my
only shot and I ruined it.
So he goes home to Seattle,
and he becomes a carpenter.
- [ball thwacks]
- [crowd cheers]
[Booser] Throughout the time
that I was away from the game,
I developed rather a
pretty bad alcohol problem.
It caused me to burn most bridges
that I had built with most people.
Through the strength of my loved ones,
I was able to kinda come out of that
and ultimately come
through it a better man.
And through the power of God, I've
found a lot of peace through it.
- [crowd cheers, applauds]
- [announcers chatters indistinctly]
So he just thought
this was his life.
But he was doing these
pitching lessons with kids,
and once the kids would leave,
he would throw against a net.
I would just grab
a bucket of balls
and fantasize about one day
coming back and playing.
[Ian] He got the radar gun
going, and he saw 96, 97.
[Booser] I knew I wasn't done playing.
I knew that I had plenty left in my arm.
Slowly but surely, the game
started pulling me back.
In January, we finally got
a call from the Red Sox.
- [commentator 1] Crazy story, this guy.
- [commentator 2] It is.
[commentator 1] Kid had some
injuries, to say the least.
[commentator 2] He's
happy to be here.
[commentator 1] Yeah, he retired
in 2017, became a carpenter.
[Booser] Make a play,
Pablo. Make a play, Pablo.
You a dirty dog, baby. That's
what I love about you. Attaboy!
[crowd applauds]
Minor Leagues, Major Leagues,
I still have a Red Sox uniform.
I thank God each
and every morning
that I wake up and get
to put the uniform on.
[Cora] It was fun to
watch you compete.
- That was fun to watch.
- Yes.
Just take that step forward of
that confidence in yourself, um,
and… and you'll be
where you need to be.
And the phone call happens at the…
You never know what's gonna happen.
- Thank you.
- [Booser] Thank you.
- Thank you.
- [Andrew] Appreciate it.
- Good luck tonight.
- [Cora] Yeah, thank you.
[director] To get to the big
leagues, what has to happen?
[smacks lips] Um…
You know, I've… I've never been
there, so I'm not really sure.
[director] If that call were to come,
what would that be like for you?
[Booser scoffs softly]
I don't know. I've imagined
it about five million times.
[ethereal, expectant
music plays]
[music fades out]
[stadium chatter fades in]
[Will] What is going
on here at Fenway Park?
The Red Sox just have not played great
in this season-opening homestand.
[Casas] What's up, fellas? How we
doing? What's up, Marky? Let's get it.
Fuck yeah.
[Will] Fenway can be
such an imposing place,
intimidating for
opposing players.
But recently, the Sox just
have not made it that way.
And that's something that's
really bothering Alex Cora.
[Cora] Attaboy!
[Joe] Down the left field
line, gonna get down for a hit.
- [crowd cheering]
- [Cora] No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo!
[Joe] That's a standup
double for Triston Casas.
[crowd cheers]
- [Cora] That's all right.
- [clapping]
[cheering subsides]
- [commentator] Oh no.
- [Will] There goes Casas.
Here's the throw to third. He
is gonna be out at third base.
"Oh no" indeed.
- [in Spanish] What did he do?
- I don't know.
He ran early. He got his
leg out and went for third.
[Will in English] Cora's face tells
you everything you need to know.
- What was going on there?
- [fans boo]
[scoffs] That is just not even in
the galaxy of a good baseball play.
[Casas] Fuck, man.
[commentator] These are the plays
that keep managers up at night.
[Casas panting]
[Cora in Spanish] We really think we're
ghosts running the bases sometimes.
[Devers] Yeah.
I can't tell him anything because
he knows he fucked up, you know?
- [Devers] We're making such stupid errors.
- [Cora] By trying to do too much.
You know, we have to stay calm.
We're fine.
[in English] Slow it
down. Slow it down.
[in Spanish] Let
the game happen.
[Joe] Swing and miss at
an off-speed pitch away,
and the ball game is over.
[man] Get a bullpen, Cora!
[Will in English] There's the
micro-level stuff here tonight.
A couple plays that probably
should've been made that weren't.
All of it recedes to the news that
Garrett Whitlock leaves the game
after four innings
with an oblique injury.
I tell you, that is not good,
with Pivetta already down.
These injuries are just
getting out of control.
Don't you think this bullpen
could just for, at least, maybe
like a week, use a refresher?
Somebody like Cam
Booser, Zack Kelly,
who continue to
be pitching well.
[Joe] I think so. They could use
a body here tomorrow, I think.
[tense, pensive music plays]
[Casas] I feel, as a player,
the best thing that I do is
turn the page really quickly.
When I go into the back of the
clubhouse and clean off my cleats,
that's my way of cleaning
off whatever happened
and flushing it and moving on.
This walk home is like my favorite part
of my day, every single day though.
I hope I get recognized enough
to where I can't do this anymore.
[producer] Do you ever get
nervous walking home alone?
No, not particularly, 'cause
I'm… I'm 6'5", 250 pounds,
so anybody who,
you know, is gonna mess with
me is gonna have a problem.
Boston is a… it's an old
city with a young crowd.
The bars get filled, then,
you know, people step out,
but I'm deciding to go
to sleep early tonight.
Hopefully it pays off and I get
on base three times tomorrow.
But, yeah, for right now,
uh, the bars and the clubs, they're,
uh… they're not going anywhere.
You know, they'll… they'll be
here when I'm done playing,
long after I'm done playing.
I'm definitely not saving money
by living in a hotel, you know.
I just, uh…
I like somebody coming in
and cleaning my room for me.
I like not having to worry about
utilities, water, and furniture,
and… and Wi-Fi, and TVs.
And then there's the
commitment aspect of it,
which, in reality,
we're so expendable.
We're so replaceable that
I could be sent down.
I could be optioned
to Triple-A. Um…
So we don't… I feel I
need, especially me,
that I don't have, you
know, a ton of job security.
I feel like I need a
little bit of flexibility…
- [card reader beeps]
- …uh, in my living space.
- [Cora] How's it going?
- [boy] Team's doing good this year.
- [Cora] So far, so good, right?
- Yeah.
- World Series this year.
- [Cora] Ugh. That would be great.
But we gotta win it. It's
not getting there, right?
You got this!
- Thank you. We got it.
- You got a good team this year.
[Cora] They're playing
well. Playing well.
[commentator 1] New
second baseman, Alex Cora.
Joey's younger little brother.
His first Major League at-bat.
Strike three called.
Cora is the perfect example
of a non-star player
taking his experience
as sort of a journeyman,
who bounced around to a number of
teams, wasn't always a starting player,
but absorbed a lot
in his playing career
and put that to great
use as a manager.
[commentator 2]
Ground ball to short.
[commentator 3] Hurried
and Cora throws it away.
[Casas] He knows what it's
like to be on the bench.
He knows what it's like
to be in a starting role,
so he's the kind of guy
that has perspective.
He was that guy that put his
teammates before himself.
- C'mon, kid. Love you. Keep going.
- [Duran] Love you too.
He's become like another
father figure to me.
[in Spanish] He's a
very good manager.
I feel comfortable with him,
especially because he's Latino.
He has given me the trust I need
so I'm able to demonstrate
what I can give to the team.
How does it go? "The Lord squeezes
you, but he doesn't strangle you."
- Just like that.
- But, fuck, don't squeeze so hard!
Damn!
[in English] There's so many
Spanish-speaking players across the game,
to be able to have your manager
that you can kind of just open up to
and speak in your own language,
that really does help.
[Peter] Alex finds a way
to relate to everybody,
to understand
their insecurities.
He understands what it is
to fail 60, 70% of the time.
That's the nature of baseball,
'cause you're always
in a losing percentage.
It's such a human game.
[Refsnyder] In every article I
read, it says AC's not coming back.
[player chuckles]
- Every article.
- [Andrew] It's been flooding my timeline.
- [player] No pressure.
- [Refsnyder] Enjoy…
Enjoy the last few months of
Alex Cora 'cause he's gone.
[all chuckling]
[Cora] I do believe,
at this level,
it's about managing
people here, right?
And if you don't connect
with them, it's hard.
So that's what I try to
do, just manage people.
He's young. He's bilingual.
The young bilingual skipper
has the Red Sox in great shape.
[Cora chuckles]
On the business side of it, I
gotta do a good job, you know?
Because, uh…
I'm in the last year of my contract,
and, um, all that stuff comes into play.
[player groans]
Ownership and upper management has
always been infatuated with Alex Cora.
I mean, they love him.
This guy got suspended for a
year by Major League Baseball
for his involvement in
a sign-stealing scandal
with the Houston Astros.
[reporter] Before
heading to Boston,
Cora served as bench coach
for the Houston Astros
during their 2017
World Series victory.
[commentator] The Houston
Astros are world champions.
[reporter] The League concluding
that during the championship season,
the Astros placed a camera
in the outfield stands
that could see the
catcher's signal
and would then relay that
information to the batter
by banging on this garbage can.
The commissioner's report identified
Cora as the potential mastermind.
[man 1] Official punishment has now
come down from Major League Baseball.
Alex Cora has been suspended
for all of the 2020 season.
[Cora in Spanish] It was something
that, in the moment, was addictive,
to be honest.
What we did was addictive.
It started one day,
and we just kept at it.
We never thought it
would come to this.
My suspension, you know what?
Well deserved.
What we did was wrong.
They took me out of the game.
It hurt me.
2020 was difficult, you know?
And I was at my lowest.
[Sean in English] In 2020, when
all of this stuff comes out,
and it becomes obvious that his hands
are dirty from this 2017 season,
they can't wait
to bring him back
when his suspension is up and
he's eligible to work for a team,
and they do.
[Sam] A huge welcome back.
Welcome home to Alex.
When the Red Sox brought him back
in… in 2021 after he was suspended,
he was very open, talking
about his mistakes.
I made a mistake. I
still love the game.
I still love what I do.
I'm not proud of it,
I'm not happy about it,
but we have to move on.
He took the heat for it.
He didn't try to push it under the
rug. He still doesn't to this day.
[man 2] Alex, you're a cheater!
No garbage cans here tonight!
[Cora] There's a reputation, and,
obviously, uh, I got hit hard.
That was five years ago, bro.
Yeah.
[Cora] But, uh, I think
the last three years,
I have been able to stand
up and keep moving, right?
[Joe] A rainy day at Fenway.
Really a cold and miserable day.
[Will] It's definitely been
a tough, tough homestand,
the longest one of the year.
Well, the injuries
have piled up too.
Tyler O'Neill over there, who
has gone on the seven-day IL.
Obviously, Nick Pivetta
trying to work his way back,
but Garrett Whitlock went
on the IL as well this week.
Been a tough stretch.
- [Andrew] Are you thinking anything here?
- Uh… Maybe a lefty.
- Yeah.
- Call for Jimenez.
- [Andrew] Want Jacques for Jimenez?
- [Cora] Yeah.
[Joe] Left-handed Joe Jacques
just back from Worcester,
getting called for the first time this
season, as he takes over on the hill.
Come on, Joe. You're with Hammy.
- Here we go. Get a ground ball.
- Yep.
- Yeah, let's go. Be ready.
- [Andrew] Come on.
[Cora] Come on. Get a
ground ball here. Let's go.
[Joe] Jacques is 29, debuted
last year with the Red Sox.
The runner goes from first.
The pitch is grounded.
- Left field base hit.
- [crowd murmurs, shouts]
[Joe] Run scores easily,
and it's 3-1, Cleveland.
[Will] Real struggle for
Jacques in Spring Training.
Now, he finds himself, and
the Red Sox find themselves,
in a spot where this game could
get out of hand right here.
[low, tense music plays]
[Joe] 2-1, bases loaded,
one out. Here's the pitch.
And he hits a hard grounder to third.
Reyes has it, fires to second, out.
- Relay to first, safe, and a run scores.
- [crowd groans]
[Andrew] Fuck. We can't
fucking turn a double play.
[Will] That one beat cost
them the double play.
[tense music continues]
[Will] The rain continues
to fall. The pitch.
Ripped into left field, a base
hit, and another Cleveland run.
Anyhow, the Guardians tack
one on, and they lead by four.
These Guardians are relentless.
They just keep on going.
[Joe] This game is getting to be as ugly
as the weather here today. [chuckles]
Nobody on, ninth
inning, 5-4, Cleveland.
But now it's up to Casas, who's
had an infield hit off first base
and fanned twice
looking and swinging.
Ready for the 1-1 pitch.
- Strike called.
- [fans groan, boo]
[Joe] That was a borderline
pitch on the inside edge and up.
[tense music continues]
[Joe] The two-ball,
two-strike pitch.
Swing and a miss on an inside
cutter, and that's the ball game.
[Casas] Oh my God, man.
[Will] We got Casas up in the last inning,
trailing by a run. He did not deliver.
[Casas] Okay.
- [boy] Triston! Triston!
- [Casas] What?
[boy] Can I have your autograph?
[Casas] No.
[Joe] The Red Sox complete this
homestand with a record of 3 and 7
after going 7 and 3
in the opening trip.
[Craig] We're gonna option you.
You know, less about
what happened today,
and more just kinda, you know,
need for… for some arms came in.
Ate up some… some outs for us,
which is really important. Uh…
But appreciate you going out there
and… and sucking down some outs for us.
Um, I think you got a good
idea of what you need to do.
Obviously, you'll get with Bails
and the rest of the group, um,
and… and keep working.
Uh, you know, we're gonna…
we're gonna need a lot of arms,
so go down, keep
doing what you do,
and… and put yourself in position
when we need somebody to come back.
- I got you.
- [Cora] Good luck.
- Stay healthy.
- [Craig] You need anything, let us know.
- [Jacques] Yeah.
- [Craig] Good.
- [Eddie] Yup.
- [Craig] Thanks, Joe.
[Cora] It's a good group.
A changing group. In two
days, it's a new group.
That's the… that's the…
That's the beauty of baseball, but
the hard part of baseball, right?
It's a different group than two
days ago. It's not the same team.
It's not the same team.
It's not the same roster.
So he threw two on Tuesday?
- He's ready to go.
- [Eddie] You make that call.
- [Craig] I'll call Tracy. Yeah.
- Yeah.
[line ringing]
- [Tracy] Hey, Bres.
- Trace, it's Bres. How you doing, man?
- [Tracy] Good, you?
- Good, good. I got… I got the crew here.
AC, Bails, Eddie…
- [Andrew] Netflix.
- Netflix.
[all chuckle]
- [Tracy] All right.
- Uh, we're… we're gonna get Booser.
- [Tracy] Love it.
- Yeah. Is he, uh… is he still around?
- [Tracy] I think he's still in there.
- [Craig] Okay, perfect.
I just need you for two seconds, dude.
Um, I know I've, like… Just grab a seat.
I know I've… we've relied on
you, like, kind of heavily,
with the… the multiple innings.
- How… how do you feel?
- Good.
- It's going okay?
- Yeah.
- If you needed to throw tomorrow…
- Need me to start?
You need me to start tomorrow?
I don't need you to start, but are you
gonna be able to do a couple of innings?
If you need me for
three, I got you.
What about three in Pittsburgh
with the big league team?
Think you can handle that?
What do you mean?
If you need to go throw three innings
in Pittsburgh, in the big leagues,
think you could handle that?
[man] What if you're
a big leaguer?
Yeah, so you think you wanna
pitch in the big leagues
maybe tomorrow or the next day?
What?
I said, think you wanna
pitch in the big leagues?
Maybe tomorrow or the next day
or whenever Alex needs you?
Yeah.
You think you can do that?
You're going to the big leagues.
- [man] You're going to the big leagues.
- [clapping]
I got Breslow on the line. AC's
on the line. They can all hear.
[tender music plays]
- And let it out.
- Tears are all right.
- [man] Let it out.
- Tears are all right.
[Tracy] We're getting
through the tears.
Yeah. You guys all
crying or what?
[laughter over phone]
[Tracy] Well, yeah,
we're all… Pretty much.
- Awesome.
- [all laugh]
- [Tracy] Give me a hug, man.
- [Booser] God.
- [Tracy] Good for you. Good for you.
- [man chuckles]
[Booser sighs]
[Tracy] Thirty-two years old,
and it's been a long time,
and you really deserve this.
I'm thrilled for you.
- Good for you, sir.
- Yeah.
Let's go, Boos. Super happy for you, man.
Can't wait to see you buddy. All right?
- [Booser] Thank you. I appreciate it.
- Hey, I'll… I'll call you in a little bit.
Go call your family, and
we'll catch up, okay?
- [Booser] Okay.
- Yeah, congrats, man. Soak it in.
All right. See you.
- [Craig] Thanks, fellas.
- You all right?
[all chuckling]
Nice work, Bres.
- Good news.
- [Craig] Yeah, it's great.
[tender music continues]
[commentator] Back
here at PNC Park,
and the Red Sox have
the hard-throwing lefty
Cam Booser in the house
after they designated Joe
Jacques for assignment.
His mom and dad are here,
as well as his girlfriend.
[Will] The fascinating and
long road to the big leagues,
on the verge of making
his Major League debut.
Bottom 8, Red Sox in command.
[Cora] Come on, Chase.
Keep going. Vamos.
[clapping]
[woman 1 whoops]
[Cora] Vamos, Chase. Nice job.
Boos? Let's go.
Kid, good job. That's
it for tonight.
- [Chase] That's it?
- [Cora] Yeah. Got the other kid going.
Let's get Boos here. [chuckles]
- [player] Your first appearance…
- Oh!
[player] …remember it
or were you unconscious?
[Andrew] Uh, I… I
remember it. Opening Day.
Down two, eighth
inning, on the road,
fly out to right.
Think I punched
out Kendrys Morales
and, uh… got Juan Rivera
maybe to pop up to
left or something.
Big, big fly ball
guy. [chuckles]
[Will] Cam Booser
can really bring it
and about to make his Major League
debut here in Pittsburgh, PA tonight.
[Andrew] Let's go, Boos.
[announcer] Making his Major League
debut, number 71, Cam Booser.
- [crowd cheers]
- [fans] Boos!
- [Cora] Come on, Boos!
- [man 1] Boos!
[Booser] My time with the Twins,
the mental side of the game was
something I really struggled with.
His head is fucking spinning
right now. It's gotta be.
I had some things going on
in my own life off the field
that I might've brought
to the field a little bit.
[expectant guitar music plays]
[Will] Cam Booser throwing
his first Major League pitch.
[crowd cheers]
[Cora] No, no, no! Oh shit.
[cheering continues]
[Will] Williams rounding
second, on his way into third,
and he stops there
with a triple.
[cheers, applause]
- [man 2] Go, Boos!
- [Will] So a real greeting.
[man 3] This guy Booser sucks!
[announcer] Designated
hitter, Andrew McCutchen.
[Will] He sends up
Andrew McCutchen…
[crowd cheers]
…the five-time All-Star.
In high school,
he pitched angry.
Like if he missed by just a
little bit, it would affect him.
[woman 2] Yeah!
[Shane] There was probably
a lot of self-doubt.
[indistinct shouting]
- [Andrew] Whoo!
- [Cora] Wow.
But he never gave up.
[crowd cheers]
[Will] McCutchen down hacking,
and he collects his first K.
Yeah, Boos!
When I retired from the game, I
addressed all the off-the-field issues.
[Will] Friendly hop for
Dalbec as the run comes in,
and he guns down to first base
for out number two.
[Booser] I'd wrapped my identity
up so much into the game
that when I kinda started to find
my identity away from the game,
I found a lot of peace.
- [player] Attaboy.
- Good play, Boos!
[Booser] And so, that helped me
with the mental side of things.
[Will] Oh. Triolo with half a
swing, gobbled up by Valdez.
He'll get him, and the Red
Sox are in the win column.
They beat the
Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-1.
Life on the road continues to
be awfully good for the Red Sox.
[expectant music continues]
[Wong] Congrats, man. Congrats.
- Not a bad first one to get, huh?
- I had to give it up at some point, right?
No, I'm talking about McCutchen.
- Oh. Oh, yeah. That was pretty cool.
- First punchy.
[Cora chuckles] Attaboy, kid.
Proud of you, man. Awesome.
Congrats, Boos!
Congrats, boss.
[Andrew] Proud of you,
man. Awesome job. Nice job.
[Cora] Go give that kid
a hug, man. Look at him.
[Booser] When I was away from the game,
one of the things that I missed most
was the competitive side of it.
I've really fallen in
love with the journey
and the grind of the game.
Those are things that I
just took for granted,
having the opportunity to play
this game each and every day.
[stirring music plays]
[woman] I'm so proud
of you, Cameron.
You deserve it. You deserve it.
[Booser] Both of my sisters,
my mother, and my father,
through their love and
through their support,
I was able to put one foot
in front of the other.
Love you, Cam.
[gasps] Are you giving…
- Oh! [sobs]
- Get out of here.
[Booser] They were all a huge role in
helping me get back to who I truly am
and helping me realize the
type of man that I should be
and that I wanna be.
[Tim] Heck yeah. Way to never
give up. Seriously. Good job.
[Cora] Boos.
- [players applaud]
- [player 1] Boos!
- [all] Boos!
- [Cora] Boos.
- [Cora] Hey, kid. Hey, kid.
- [player 2] Speech!
- [player 3] Speech.
- [Cora] Hey.
- [overlapping shouting]
- Hey.
- [shouting subsides]
- [player 4] Speech!
This is the lineup card.
There's only 780 of you guys
in the world today, tonight.
Big leaguers in the world, 780.
You're a part of it. Nobody can
take that shit away from you.
You're a fucking
big leaguer, man.
- Congrats.
- [all applaud]
- Yeah. Good job.
- [Booser] Thank you.
[overlapping shouting]
[player 5] Get in! Hurry up!
- [player 5] Yeah! Yeah!
- [all cheering rambunctiously]
- [soundscape fades]
- [stirring music continues]
- [music fades]
- [Joe] 3-1 pitch coming to Triston.
Here it is.
And he fouls it left
side into the upper deck.
[Will] Did he hurt
himself there?
[Cora] There was a swing
in that first at-bat.
He ended up walking that
one, and when he came in,
he's like, "I can play defense,
but you need somebody to hit
for me in the next at-bat."
I said, "No, you just go in."
And so they're checking on him,
and, uh, we'll know more over
the… the course of night.
No ribs were fractured.
It's not a bone thing. It's
more a cartilage thing.
So what the doctor
explained to me,
he said that me being so big,
rotating so fast so many times
that I pretty much created
a car crash within my body.
They said anywhere from three
weeks to six weeks to nine weeks.
They don't know. It's just depending
on how… how my body's feeling.
But, uh, for right now, I'm
still in pain to breathe.
[Cora] We gotta stay
together in the fight.
People are banged up and all that. Let's
stay together. We have a good group.
Just keep pushing each other to be great,
and good things are gonna happen, okay?
Keep going. Don't stop.
[Casas] We will.
- We got media?
- [man] Fuck.
[Cora chuckles]
- [man] That sucks.
- [Cora chuckles]
Vámonos. What up, kid?
You look better. Jimbo.
[in Spanish] The
game is ending ♪
The board says 3-0 ♪
Chicago is winning ♪
The Yankees are at bat ♪
And the ball It goes,
it goes, it goes ♪
The ball goes ♪
Yes!
[in English] Good.
[in Spanish] Alex, how
difficult has it been for you
to manage this group of
players and their injuries,
to try to put forth a
competitive lineup every day?
It hasn't been difficult. It hasn't
been difficult. It's been fun.
Moving the pieces around is the challenge
that comes with the territory, right?
And, yeah, we would've loved
to have had everyone healthy
and not have to make adjustments,
but we know that's not the reality.
It is what it is, and like we always say,
we have to focus on what we can control.
And up to now, we've done that.
- [Casas in English] What's up?
- What's up?
- Nice to meet you.
- You too.
- Excited to have you. Let's get it.
- Appreciate it.
- I saw Casas tore his oblique.
- Casas, yeah.
It's kind of, like,
in there, in the rib.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Well, kid…
- [Garrett] Appreciate it.
[Cora] Whatever you need,
I'm here, okay? Yup.
[Joe] Garrett Cooper's
up in his Red Sox debut.
He struck out looking.
He struck out swinging.
[tense music plays]
- [dull thwack]
- [Garrett groans]
[Joe] Hit him. Uh-oh,
not another injury.
[Will] Just joined the Red
Sox, and here he is in agony.
Could they be more snake
bitten, these Red Sox?
[twanging rock music plays]
[commentator 1] Every single day,
someone's going down with an injury.
You can't even enjoy one day.
Like, they'll sweep the Pirates, and
it's like, "Cool, Triston Casas is out
for the next three
months, probably."
[commentator 2] They're at .500,
which, given the spate of injuries
that they've had, is pretty remarkable,
and they just keep on coming.
[Will] Swing and a miss.
He got him on a slider.
[sharp clack]
We have to be patient with these kids.
Uh, that's part of the process, right?
That's who we are. We're… we're
young, and we're learning.
[in Spanish] You know
what's coming, but…
Now it's just a question
of "slow it down."
[Will in English] Swing and
a high fly, at the wall.
- [crowd cheers]
- [Will] He watches it fly!
[Cora] You got a
bunch of rookies,
so you teach the rookies
to become big leaguers.
You have to help to
connect the group.
We're family here.
[whimsical electronic
music plays]
- [Will] Top of the wall! Gone!
- [cheering]
Ceddanne Rafaela
has homered again!
[Cora] Wait, wait, wait,
wait. Thank you, kid.
[Duran] I'd say we're doing
better than our record is showing.
I think we're in a good spot.
We have a lot of young guys starting
to come around and swing it.
[Cora in Spanish] Oh damn!
[Rafaela in English] Yeah!
[music continues]
We're gonna show up every
day and try to kick ass.
- [Andrew] Get out! Get out!
- [cheering]
Fuck yeah! We needed that.
Sometimes we will, and
sometimes they'll kick our ass.
[Joe] Here he is. There's a drive hammered
to deep right-center field, grand slam.
[reporter] Deflating news as right-hander
Garrett Whitlock told reporters today
that he will miss the
remainder of the season.
It was frustrating,
but you take it, you roll with it, and
you, uh, put your best foot forward.
[Cora] That's the
attitude we have.
There's no excuses, no
feeling sorry for the group.
We've been through this
shit for two years,
and we have to turn the page.
The last two years, we were
trying to be somebody else.
This team is doing this.
This team is doing that.
Let's try to emulate
what they're doing.
Instead of, "You know what?
These are the Boston Red Sox."
"This is our identity."
We have to fight with them.
Twenty-five pitches in an inning,
we don't score, we won the battle.
Everybody feels around
here, you guys too,
that it's a different
attitude in that clubhouse.
Make a pitch. Make a
pitch here. Come on.
[whimsical electronic
music continues]
He got it! He got it! He got it!
- Yeah!
- [Andrew] Hell yeah!
Awesome. Good job.
Good job. Good job.
Hell yeah, boys! Let's
get out of this shithole.
[Will] There's a drive to center
field. Back and that ball gets out.
Home run, Raffy Devers!
Hey. On low.
The drive, socked the
other way, left field.
Raffy Devers has done it!
He has set a new Red Sox record
by homering in six
consecutive games.
[Cora] I'm very proud of him.
So I got him some Ron del
Barrilito from Puerto Rico, so…
- [players cheer]
- [Cora] Yeah.
When they're having fun,
it really brings back
sort of the joy of not only
Boston but just baseball.
[whimsical electronic
music continues]
[crowd cheers]
I've seen Alex at the clubhouse more
this season than I've seen before
and put everything of himself
into this job this year.
Players are feeding off that.
I think we can lean
on each other, guys.
Like, we're a pretty fucking
close group, like brothers.
Like, we know what we can do.
I think that's just the energy
we need to just keep going with
'cause we've got that shit.
Guys are starting to feed
off each other and play,
and the last few nights have been
pretty electric here at Fenway Park.
Alex always said he wanted
athletes. We got athletes now.
[Will] There goes
Devers from first.
Another throw down. Now
Duran breaks for home.
Here's the throw to the plate.
He dives, and he's safe!
- He beat it! He got under the tag!
- [crowd cheers]
[commentator] Duran, his
reads have been better.
His jumps have been better.
Duran's becoming the leader
of the Boston Red Sox.
- Fuck with them, okay? Okay.
- All right.
[Will] Alex Cora's gonna
go hard for this one.
He knows what it
means to this club,
especially with the
Yankees coming to town.
[Joe] Sanchez is
ready, and his pitch,
swing and chopper over the
mound to the second baseman.
Here's the throw to
first. It gets away.
Goes up the dugout. That's
two runs that's scored.
Duran on his way to
second. He's there safely.
[Cora] Every day,
Jarren. Every day, JD!
- [cheering]
- [music continues]
- [music fades]
- [train squeals, rattles]
[Will] There is a
real buzz in the air.
You got the Red
Sox and the Yankees
for the first time in game
number 70 of the season.
[commentator] Red Sox and the Yankees
gonna open up a three-game series
from Fenway Park tonight.
The New York Yankees have the
best record in all of baseball.
- [Will] A lot of Yankee fans here.
- [Joe] Certainly are.
[Will] I mean, the
jerseys are everywhere.
Wow.
Y'all should burn them
jerseys. Burn 'em.
[man] Hey, Sox caps
here. Check us out here.
Sweatshirts here. T-shirts here.
Red Sox caps here!
Come on over here.
We like Yankee fans.
Well, not… not really. Sox
caps here. T-shirts here.
I'm giving you a challenge. If you
go over there, throw that hat away,
I will give you a
free Red Sox hat.
- [woman 1] Ain't happening.
- Take the challenge.
I got this at the Hall of Fame.
- [Keith] If you go throw that
- Reggie Jackson, Hall of Fame.
It ain't happening.
Get your Father's Day
gift right here, folks.
Come on over here, folks.
Hey, if you throw that Yankee hat
away, I'll give you a Red Sox hat.
Come on, get a real hat.
- Go! Come on! Step on it!
- [woman 2] Don't do it!
- [woman 3 shrieks]
- [Keith] Step on it! Step on it!
- Come on. Come on.
- [woman 4] Don't do it.
- [woman 3] Ah!
- [Keith] Yeah!
[crowd cheers]
You got two. Come on.
Come on over here, honey.
- Yeah!
- Yankees!
[upbeat rock music plays]
[Joe] And the pitch is swung on, in
the air to center field and deep.
Back goes Rafaela, back
to the wall, looks up.
- It's gone!
- [crowd cheers]
[Joe] The first pitch Verdugo
sees in a Yankee uniform
at Fenway Park, he goes deep.
[Red Sox player]
Fucking Duggie, bro.
[music continues]
[cheering fades]
Yeah, I mean, let's face it.
The Yankees are the Yankees.
I mean, they're the
crown team in baseball.
- [man 1] Boston sucks!
- Boston sucks.
Come on. It's the biggest
rivalry in sports.
You got two iconic American teams
that have been battling for 100 years.
Nothing says America
like Red Sox and Yankees.
[commentator] For the out.
And this is over the head…
[man 2] I don't mind
the occasional fight.
We don't like 'em. They
don't like us. It's okay.
[commentator 1] Now Ramirez…
[man 2] It's not as
intense as it used to be,
and I wish that it was,
because it made the
game that much more fun.
[commentator 2] Look
out! It hit him.
We miss those good old
days. We went out fighting.
[crowd cheers]
[man 3] History, you know.
When Boston and the Yankees play,
we always go at it, back and forth.
- [inaudible]
- [crowd cheers]
[commentator 3] And we know
what he said. Here we go.
They're attacking
A-Rod, going at it.
[rock music lifts]
[crowd cheers, whoops]
- No! Get outta here!
- [Cora] Fuck you!
What the fuck is that
throw? Fucking go!
Fuck you, Carlos!
[Joe] The Red Sox have evened
the series at one apiece.
This is the passion. Both sees
the passion of both their teams.
It's simple as that.
[producer] So when I say
"Yankees," what do you think?
- Suck.
- Suck.
[both chuckle]
The Yankees, they remain the gold
standard and the measuring stick
against which Red Sox fans
measure their satisfaction,
or conversely, their misery.
[music stops]
[music plays over
stadium speakers]
[boy] Dad, are there a lot of Yankee fans
because it's the most important game?
Yeah, these are important games
'cause they're in the division, right?
So who's in our division?
Yankees, Baltimore,
Toronto, and Tampa Bay.
[Andrew] Yup, and us, right?
And is it because this is
the last game of the series?
[Andrew] Yeah, last game of the
series, and the series is 1-1.
So today, if we win,
we win the series.
If you take care of
business every series,
you'll be in a good spot to be in
the playoffs, in the World Series.
[boy] D'you think
you're gonna make it?
I hope so. We gotta
try really hard, right?
[boy] That's not the question.
[chuckles] What's the question?
Do you think?
I think we will, yeah.
- [man] You guys win yesterday?
- [boy] Yeah.
- Nice.
- [Andrew] Tell Bobby what you did.
- [Bobby] What'd you do?
- Hit a home run.
- [Bobby] That's my favorite thing ever.
- [Andrew] What kind?
- A walk-off.
- [Andrew] A walk-off homer.
Yeah, the Little League. Down
the line, shot the line, ran.
- Speed kills, you know.
- Nothing wrong with it.
- [Andrew] Is that Alex?
- [Cora] Inside-the-park walk-off?
Let's go. That's what
I'm talking about.
[mellow, expectant music plays]
[Will] Yet another beautiful night
at Fenway Park for a ballgame.
It's the Red Sox
and the Yankees,
the greatest rivalry in all
of Major League Baseball.
[Joe] Well, this
is Father's Day,
so my son Duke will be joining
us here in the booth today.
Just like old times, riding
into the ballpark with you.
[Will] Lots of dads in
the ballpark tonight.
[Joe] There's so much father-son
importance in this game.
[man] You guys ready?
Back here in Fenway Park with
Red Sox manager, Alex Cora.
Today's Father's Day. Your
father was so important to you.
What's a moment that
really sticks out for you,
a time with your dad?
My best memory with
him, 1987, Shea Stadium.
[commentator] Two
down and Joey Cora.
[Cora] I went to see my favorite
player, Joey Cora, with the Padres,
with my favorite person, my dad.
[commentator] Santana can't
get it. Padres tied at 1.
That was amazing.
Man, I miss him. I
lost him when I was 13.
[reporter] Alex, thank
you. Back to you.
[Joe] The Red Sox split
the first two games here
against the Yankees, losing Friday,
8-1, and then winning yesterday, 8-4.
[tense music plays]
Come on, Kut. Come on, baby.
[Joe] There's a drive, high
and deep to left field.
This ball is…
gone.
[crowd cheers]
[Joe] Wow. That was high
enough to bring rain.
[Will] And the
Yankees lead it 1-0.
[Yankees fans cheering]
[commentator] This weekend,
I had one person estimate
that 75% of the fans who were at the
park on Friday night were Yankee fans.
That is because Red Sox fans have felt
frustrated, disconnected in recent years.
[tense music continues]
[Will] The Red Sox
have speed everywhere.
Tonight, starting at the top with
Jarren Duran. He's got 15 steals.
[Cora] Oh shit!
[Will] High chopper, and there's no play
for anybody to get the speedy Duran.
[Duke] Well, these aren't
your grandfather's Red Sox.
They're exciting,
and they can run.
[indistinct chatter]
[coach] All right, guys. The Yankees,
they've given up 39 bases as a team.
Uh, behind the plate,
Trevino's back there today.
Got some throws here from him.
Uh, Trevino's got the lowest
arm strength in the big leagues.
Throwing to second
base, pop time of 2.06.
So this is a back pick he pulled
on a check swing, check to first.
So everyone's looking at
the first base umpire,
and he snaps it down there to
third and gets the runner out.
So Trevino's pretty smart back
there. He's gonna play the game.
He's gonna look to back
pick to help himself out.
So just make sure we got our
head on a swivel with him.
[bass-heavy rock music plays]
[in Spanish] They
won't throw here.
- With that guy back there?
- I don't think they'll throw.
[Cora in English] Come on, JD!
- [overlapping shouting]
- [Cora] Yeah!
[Joe] Goes from first, the pitch
was taken for a strike and no throw.
[crowd cheers]
[Joe] Trevino couldn't
get it out of the mitt.
[Duke] There's an energy about
Duran when he's on the field.
Attaboy!
[commentator] And it causes that
sense of anxiety on defense.
[Cora] Hey, keep
working on the bases.
As you guys know, the… the
paranoia comes into play.
You know, you… you act like
you have shit on the bases,
on first, on second, they panic.
So… kinda like, even
if you don't have shit,
just… just play with it.
You know? Play with it.
[Joe] The runner goes from
first. It's taken low, no throw.
Stolen base for Dom Smith.
- Attaboy!
- [Andrew] Good work!
[Joe] The hit that
put 'em ahead.
[clapping in dugout]
[in Spanish] This guy's nervous.
[commentator] Don't be surprised
if you see more running
from the Red Sox,
challenging Trevino.
One you show a little
bit of the weakness,
Alex Cora is gonna try
to take advantage of it.
[Joe] The payoff.
Swing, ground ball
up the middle,
and sneaks towards the
center field, a base hit.
Here comes Valdez.
Right behind him, Smith.
The throw goes into second,
and the Red Sox lead it, 2-1.
- [player 1 exclaims]
- [player 2] Attaboy, Rafa!
[Will] The steal pays
off. They score two runs.
- [crowd cheering]
- [Will] And Boston now on top.
Come, come. Vamos. Vamos. That's
what I'm talking about. Vamos.
- [overlapping shouting]
- [Andrew] Attaboy!
Let's go! Let's go! We're
in the lead. Let's go!
- [music ends]
- [cheering]
[Andrew] It's fired up.
Did you get anything
exciting for Father's Day?
[Will] I had a fun day with the kids.
We went down to Blount's Clam Shack.
Had a lobster roll
and some fried shrimp.
Triston Casas kind enough to
join us from the Red Sox dugout.
What's up, guys? How we
doing in the booth? Good?
- [Will] We're good. How are you doing?
- Awesome. Awesome.
I'm doing fantastic. Huge shoutout
to all the dads out there.
Happy Father's Day to everybody.
Happy Father's Day to my dad, José.
Uh, without him, I wouldn't
have this opportunity. Uh…
Funny story about my
dad, this is my favorite…
My favorite memory of my dad,
right? I heard AC tell his.
Uh, when I was in
Little League, right,
you know, I get out one day,
and I come back to the
dugout crying, pissed.
And, you know, that's… that's
what a six-year-old does.
He sits on the bench, cries,
and he doesn't want to go out
when, uh, you know, his
team's playing defense.
So my dad, you know,
being the dad that he is,
trying to teach me the lessons
that he did in his own special way,
came into the dugout.
He actually grabbed me by my
shirt, dragged me to the line,
and Looney Tunes-style
kicked me out onto the field.
And I actually had one of my best friends
that I went to high school with later,
he ended up playing pro ball. His mom
actually called Child Services on my dad…
- [Will] No way.
- Had him arrested.
I see my dad go away in the cop car,
gets arrested, spent the night in jail.
- [Will] He spent the night in jail?
- [laughs] Yeah. That's my understanding.
I don't know if it was a little stretched,
if somebody would be bending the truth,
or even I am, I don't know.
But, uh… Yeah, that's, uh… that's
my understanding of it, yeah.
[Will] Okay.
[Cora] Huddy… what do you
wanna do for fake break?
[Hudson] Don't know. What
are you comfortable with?
- Both ears? Both at the same time.
- [Hudson] Yeah, at the same time.
Wait. I gave it.
No, no. But just…
Yeah, yeah, for me.
- [Hudson] Yeah. Okay.
- Yeah.
- [Hudson] They ain't throwing in that
- No, no, they're not. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
["Tití Me Preguntó" by Bad Bunny
plays over stadium speakers]
Novia', ey ♪
Mucha' novia' ♪
- [Pete mumbles]
- [Cora and Vázquez sing in Spanish]
And? And what?
[sings along in Spanish]
- [Pete] I don't know.
- Pa' un VIP, un VIP, ey ♪
- VIP?
- [Vázquez sings along]
- What?
- I don't know this part.
- VIP?
- VIP.
- VIP.
- Yeah.
- VIP, VIP, ey ♪
- Ey ♪
[music continues,
lyrics in Spanish]
[shouts in Spanish]
[Joe in English] Runner goes.
- Here's the throw to second.
- [Cora] Oh! Go, go, go, go!
- [crowd cheering]
- [Cora] Run, run, run!
[Will] And the running Red Sox have caused
a problem for the Yankees early here.
- [music continues]
- [fans cheering, whistling]
[Joe] Runner goes from
first on the first pitch.
Here's the throw to
second, far too late.
[cheering]
Fucking not even close.
[Will] Five steals tonight. That's
the season high for the Red Sox.
The running Red Sox going wild.
[music continues]
Drop glove. Drop glove.
[Joe] 2-0. He's stealing third.
Here's the strike taken and no throw.
And the running Red Sox
have half a dozen steals,
and we're only in the fifth
inning with nobody out.
[Cora] Yes, sir!
[crowd cheers]
[Cora] Go, go, go, go, go, go!
[Joe] So the stolen bases
pay instant dividends.
And the Red Sox have a 4-1 lead.
[Cora] One-eight. One-eight.
One-eight. One-eight. One-eight.
[Will] This is amazing, what the Red
Sox are doing on the bases tonight.
[music continues]
[music stops]
[commentator] The anxiety in the
seventh sweeps up a little bit.
[Will] A game the Red Sox
really have controlled.
All of a sudden,
uncomfortable now.
- [Duke] Bases loaded, nobody out.
- [Will] What a spot this is.
[Duke] There are a whole bunch of
Yankee fans waiting to explode.
[Will] 3-2, the pitch of
the game is coming home.
Swing and a miss. He
got him with a sweeper.
What a big pitch for Zack Kelly.
[tense music plays]
One. Vamos, vamos, vamos, vamos.
[Will] Fastball for a strike.
Total precision.
- Slider swung on and missed, and it's 0-2.
- [crowd cheers]
[shouts in Spanish]
[in English] Chase!
[Will] Swing and a
miss. He struck him out.
Another sweeper,
and Kelly has fanned a pair
with the bases loaded.
He is one out away
from the most heroic
escape act of the season.
[tense music builds]
[music swells]
- [crowd cheers]
- [Will] He makes the play!
Zack Kelly comes on
with the bases loaded,
nobody out, and he dodges
three huge bullets.
[players whooping, shouting]
- [Duke] Six to midnight.
- [Cora] Woo-hoo-hoo!
Come on, kid.
[Will] Somehow,
someway, 4-3 Sox.
[Cora] Good job.
Fucking A, buddy. Hell of a job.
[music abates]
[Casas] We were just
talking about JD,
how he's playing his 71st
consecutive game today. What's up?
[in Spanish] You're talking
too much. You gotta shut up.
[Casas in English] Look.
[in Spanish] There's a reason they
gave me a microphone and not you.
They gave it to me and
not you for a reason.
- Because you…
- Because I talk too much.
That's my job now. I talk.
[Will] Well, you keep playing baseball
for a little bit, but you were amazing.
- [Casas] Thank you, guys.
- [Will] Thank you very much, Triston.
[funky electronic music plays]
[Will] Line drive down
the right field line.
- And it's down. It gets past Verdugo.
- [crowd cheering]
[Will] Coming home to score is
Refsnyder. Devers behind him.
On to third is Wong.
- That's a two-run triple.
- [Wong yells]
[Will] Wong is flexing at third.
And it is 7-3, Red Sox.
[funky electronic
music continues]
[crowd cheering raucously]
Boom goes the dynamite ♪
[Will] Inside, it hit him, and
it got him on the right hand.
So far, Yoshida looks okay.
He'll take his base. Alex Cora
wants to talk it over, but…
I was even thinking about bringing
Bobby and steal second here, right?
Bobby, run for him.
Hey, break first pitch, and then,
fucking, if you've got a jump, go.
Yeah, fake break it.
[Will] 7-3, Boston.
[Cora] Hand okay?
- Yeah.
- [Cora] Good.
[Will] Dalbec leading
at first, Wong at third.
I think they might be tempted
to put Dalbec in motion here.
And why not? With a four-run
lead, take a little gamble here.
Go. Go.
[Will] And he goes, swing and a
miss. Trevino will not throw down.
[Cora] Fuck yeah!
[Duke] That's a lot of action,
all over the bases for the Sox.
Seven bags.
[Will] Thus far, a very
satisfying evening at Fenway Park.
[Cora] One pitch and then go.
[Joe] 3-2, it's hit hard to the ground,
by the diving LeMahieu, into right field.
Rafaela on his way to third.
Duran's going to second.
- Now he puts on the brakes.
- [Cora] Yah, yah, yah!
[Joe] Hamilton deals, he
goes, taken for a strike.
- The throw goes to the cut-off man.
- [Cora] No, no, no, no.
[Joe] The Red Sox have tied the
club record with eight stolen bases.
- Can you believe it?
- [Will chuckles]
[Joe] Hamilton can break the
club record, if he wants, here.
- [Will] He should.
- [Joe] Here's the throw to first.
He was diving, and, oh,
he was lucky to get back.
- [whistles]
- [funky electronic music continues]
[Joe] Runner goes. The
pitch, swing and a miss.
Here's the throw down
to second, he dives…
Safe!
Club record, the Red Sox
steal their ninth base.
[cheering]
[Joe] Can you believe it?
[Duke] This is Alex Cora
baseball right here.
You see something, you go after it,
and you continue to go after it.
[Cora] Yes, sir!
[Joe] Lines a bullet into
left-center field, a base hit.
Hamilton hits third.
He's being sent home.
Diving in, headfirst
slide, safe at home.
- [music ends]
- [cheering, applause]
Come on!
[Duke] How do you guys
feel about Alex Cora?
Will he be a
much-sought-after free agent?
[Sean] One hundred percent.
Look, even the last two seasons
where the Red Sox finished in last,
they were competitive.
They continue to hustle
out there for Alex Cora.
The players relate
to his personality.
[crowd cheers]
[Joe] There's a strike,
and the ballgame is over.
Fastball down the middle,
and the Red Sox win it.
They beat the Yankees
two out of three.
- [cheering]
- [tender music plays]
[Will] What a win, what
a week, what a night.
9-3, they beat the Yankees.
Fun times coming down the
road for these young Red Sox.
That was fun, guys.
- Happy Father's Day.
- [Joe] Happy Father's Day to you.
[Cora laughs]
- Come on, kid! Attaboy!
- [Andrew] Nice game, fellas. Nice game.
[Cora] Early on, when I was
a kid, I hated this day.
After I lost my dad, I hated it.
You know, it's just like, "Why
us? Why he's not with us?"
- [players cheer]
- [Cora] You grow up, and you learn.
And you understand,
you know, what it is.
- Hey
- Need a shower?
- No, no, no, no.
- [players laugh]
There are certain days that I wonder
if he's proud of what I'm doing here
or what I've done throughout
the years, you know?
And, uh, I bet he'll… you
know, he'll be honest with me.
At certain points,
very disappointed,
but at certain points, very proud
of what I have accomplished.
- [Andrew] Yeah, let's go.
- [all cheering]
[tender music continues]
[Cora in Spanish] I think we are
writing the story the right way.
People saw me succeed,
they saw me at my lowest,
and they saw me bounce back.
I have created some balance, and
I am doing things differently.
Is history perfect?
No, it's not perfect.
You know, it's not perfect.
[in English] I'm not perfect,
the group is not perfect,
but they make me better too.
You know, through their
ups, through their downs,
through the struggles,
uh, they make me a better
person and a better manager.
[music fades]
[mellow, uplifting music plays]
[music fades out]
[clicking]
- [commentator] Number 23.
- [crowd cheers]
[string stab]
[cheering fades]
- [child giggles]
- [gull calls]
[waves lapping]
[earth skitters]