Alex Cora’s success hasn’t surprised Miami Hurricanes baseball coach Jim Morris.
Cora, according to numerous published reports, is about to become the next Boston Red Sox manager and the first former Miami Hurricane to manage in the majors.
“Alex was fortunate that he grew up in Puerto Rico in an environment in which a lot of great baseball people taught him the game,” Morris said of Cora, a middle infielder who played on the coach’s first three Miami Hurricanes teams, from 1994 to 1996.
“He told me he learned from people such as Luis Aparicio, who was one of the greatest shortstops ever.