According to
FOXSports.com's
Ken Rosenthal, interest in
Alex Cora by the Washington Nationals
will not prevent his hiring as the new manager of the Boston Red Sox. Rosenthal quotes sources that—as soon as the Astros eliminate
The Bronx Embalmers from the ALCS (i.e., tonight)—Cora will be named skipper of
The Carmine Hose. Earlier reports had suggested that—after firing
Dusty Baker—the Nationals were putting on a full-court press to snare Cora.