{"id":53915,"date":"2025-06-06T08:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53915"},"modified":"2025-06-06T08:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:27:46","slug":"yankees-fans-cant-help-but-laugh-at-new-red-sox-alex-cora-sign-stealing-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53915","title":{"rendered":"Yankees fans can&#8217;t help but laugh at new Red Sox, Alex Cora sign-stealing allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">And the Red Sox *still* lost to the Angels!<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Los Angeles Angels v Boston Red Sox\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_559,w_5068,h_2850\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/43\/01jwy22emhq2s8sgpnr7.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Angels v Boston Red Sox\" width=\"5068\" height=\"2850\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Los Angeles Angels v Boston Red Sox | Elsa\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block md:mx-4 hidden md:block\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Los Angeles Angels left-hander Tyler Anderson had his eyebrows raised by the Boston Red Sox this week, believing something fishy was afoot during his Monday start. The key indicator that tipped him off? He probably couldn&#8217;t believe the 2025 Red Sox scored five runs off him without Alex Bregman.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Anderson nearly coughed up a 6-0 lead before the Angels bullpen held it down in the end, with the win polished off by Kenley Jansen. A topsy-turvy game at Fenway Park seems &#8230; well, completely normal. Whether the Red Sox are reeling or rolling, offense always rules the day at that place.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Still, Anderson was clearly left flummoxed, and reportedly went to bed believing that Red Sox first base coach\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Flores had seen his signals\u00a0and was communicating them to the Sox players who started to time him up a little better midway through the game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">This led directly to\u00a0tempers flaring between the two sides\u00a0prior to Wednesday&#8217;s game, with manager Alex Cora hopping in the middle to stave off a meltdown. Maybe he wanted to let the Angels know that, when his teams steal signs, he&#8217;s usually much more creative about it? And his teams also usually win those games, as\u00a0fans helpfully pointed out? Boston lost this bad boy 7-6.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_2_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"min-h-[550px]\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1253039209851564032&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fyanksgoyard.com%2Fyankees-fans-can-t-help-but-laugh-at-new-red-sox-alex-cora-sign-stealing-allegation-angels&amp;sessionId=19d0b3f3594b6646c30cc66ab89ee3cf0c4c3c34&amp;siteScreenName=YanksGoYardFS&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1253039209851564032\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Yankees fans laughing again at Red Sox sign-stealing allegations vs. Angels<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">This is, in fact, the most\u00a0normal Red Sox sign stealing allegation of all time. This doesn&#8217;t even sound like stealing? This is more like tipping, which is completely within the boundaries of the game (though it&#8217;s a bummer if you&#8217;re the starting pitcher). The laughter more so stems from the fact that, no matter how hard MLB tries to make you forget that the Red Sox are longtime cheaters and Cora was the mastermind behind Houston&#8217;s 2017 scandal, the more they remind you that, no, we really do a lot of shady stuff here, too.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Very surprising to see this particular organization embroiled in this type of controversy. It definitely didn&#8217;t\u00a0happen in 2017. They definitely didn&#8217;t hire Cora after that season, fresh off pioneering his scheme in Houston, only to win 108 games and the World Series with a core that looked unstoppable, then suddenly got a lot more stoppable the very next year. They certainly didn&#8217;t get named in Evan Drellich&#8217;s\u00a0bombshell 2020 report, forfeiting a draft pick and firing Cora because of his Houston link. And he never got hired again! The Red Sox have a strong moral compass. Please ignore Cora sitting in the literal dugout as we speak.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">This is a drop in the bucket, but it&#8217;s still nice to have another reminder of Boston&#8217;s sordid past that often seems to get buried.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And the Red Sox *still* lost to the Angels! 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