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Red Sox's Alex Cora Goes On Expletive-Ridden Rant Covered In Beer After Ejection

Boston appears to be using the series sweep as a tipping point

Scott Neville

Red Sox's Alex Cora Goes On Expletive-Ridden Rant Covered In Beer After Ejection
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The Boston Red Sox had an emphatic series sweep of the New York Yankees on the road -- but the majority of the fireworks appeared to come after the three-game set had concluded. 

The strike zone seemed to be a moving target in the series finale on Wednesday, which led to manager Alex Cora erupting and getting ejected. 

After the game, he appeared as fired up as he's ever been in a Red Sox uniform. After Cora started his press conference in his office, closer Kenley Jansen interrupted his media availability so Cora could join an impromptu team meeting. 

The Red Sox skipper returned to reporters showered in beer and more emphatic than usual when speaking about his ejection. 

"We’re grinding here. We know what’s going on. For us, every (expletive) pitch counts. We’re not gonna give up. We’re gonna keep playing. If I get fined, I get fined. But we didn’t agree with the (expletive) strike zone today," Cora told reporters, as transcribed by MassLive's Chris Cotillo. 

The Red Sox are three games back of an American Wild Card spot, and could supplant the Houston Astros in the race with a good run. Boston will play Houston in seven of the next 10 games. 

Given the electricity in the clubhouse, they seem as prepared as ever to do so. It'll be interesting to see if their added emotion becomes a turning point amid a middling season.

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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