Red Sox manager Alex Cora took questions from the media after Wednesday’s 3-2 loss at Tampa Bay. Naturally, the focus was on the protest lodged by Cora in a weird eighth inning.
Q. What were you arguing about?
A. There’s a lot there. When they brought in the lefty [Adam Kolarek] for Charlie Morton and then they brought in [Chaz] Roe for [Ji-man] Choi, they kept the DH at that moment. So they had a pitcher at first base, they had a pitcher on the mound, and they still had a DH.
It is kind of hard to explain.