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Around the world of managers, some of Alex Cora's peers were hoping he would follow Craig Counsell's lead and get to free agency after this season, putting his services on the open market. And for the past five months, it appeared that's what would happen. Across baseball, it was taken as a given, and it seemed that way to those involved, too: When Cora spoke with Boston Red Sox owner John Henry early this year, there was an understanding that whatever happened this season, any conversation about a new contract would be deferred until after this year.