LONDON — Here in James Bond’s native country, Alex Cora commended the Yankees for doing bloody good spy work.
Legal spy work, to be clear. But effective nonetheless as Cora’s Red Sox took an absolute lashing overseas.
“It wasn’t a good weekend on the field,” the Boston manager said, after the Yankees pounded the Bosox on Sunday at London Stadium, 12-8, to complete a sweep of the inaugural London Series and put them in an 11-game American League East hole. “That’s a good offensive team. We know that. They’re better than last year. Their attention to detail is phenomenal.