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FORT MYERS, Fla. — You expected Chris Sale and Co. to be tossing baseballs with MLB gumshoes visible in the background. A forensics truck in the parking lot.
As it is, not only was there no Sale—his flu became pneumonia—but the Boston Red Sox barely had a new manager by the time they stepped onto the field for the first time last week. Ron Roenicke was named to replace Alex Cora a mere 18 hours before the spring's first workout. And the club slapped the interim tag on Roenicke at that.
No permanent manager.