Alex Cora’s decision to not attend a White House ceremony honoring the team is a purely political one on the part of the Boston Red Sox manager.
Cora has vehemently and repeatedly stated his ire over the lack of support given to his native Puerto Rico after a devastating hurricane. BSI’s Steve Atkinson covers the details and I will take a different slant. It is a story and it is aflame on social media and the front page of the Boston Herald.
This is not unusual as attendance at similar ceremonies has increasingly become a political measuring stick regarding the current administration.