Boston Reed Success manager Alex Cora defends a loss of the team’s match to attend the college’s graduation of his daughter.
Cora exceeded the match Monday between Red Sox and New York Mits in Boston Vinway Park to watch his daughter, Camilla, at the graduation ceremony at Boston College.
“I made the best decision for my daughter, and for those who do not understand, I will not try to persuade them,” Cora told reporters on Tuesday. video NBC SPORTS BOSTON participated on Tiktok.
Cora was shot in the local media to overcome the game, which Red Sox 3-1 won.
Mike Filger, a famous radio character in 98.5 at the Boston Sports Center, criticized the Cora decision, noting that the graduation ceremony at Boston College took place in the morning while Red Sox game started at 6:45 pm
Felriger said, according to what he said Boston Herald. “Just a taxi below the street and run the game.”
“It is just a leadership and the optics of everything,” Filger added. “It is a very easy opportunity for him to say,” Nothing is more important than tonight. “
In the NBC SPORTS BOSTON video from the Press Conference for Follow -up, Cora can be seen shaking his head in a dispute as one of the correspondents suggested that he had “rushed” from his daughter’s graduation to attend the game.
Cora replied: “Camilla wanted to be with her and it was her day, so this is secondary.”
He said: “You know, we are in this world for a purpose, right, and for me, if he raises it, try to do our best. It is clear that it was not perfect, but now, it is perfect.”
“I didn’t miss her,” he added.
Cora laughed later after another correspondent asked him whether he was disturbed by criticism.
“People have their own opinions,” Cora. “I bet these people, and they also have families. At one time, they had to make decisions as well. I bet that they made decisions for the best family.”
Sports fans praised the Cora decision to give priority for his child in the comments section in the NBC SPORTS BOSTON video.
One of them wrote, “There are 162 games in the baseball season for some reason. His daughter comes out once,” one of them wrote.
“He is a father first,” another fan wrote in support.
“Who in their right mind argues against this?” Another person asked.
Cora posted a photo On Instagram This showed more than ten family members celebrating Pamela in her graduation on Monday. Books in illustrations, #familiaesfamilia, or #familyisfamily.
“No need to clarify,” added.
