Red Sox manager Alex Cora says he’ll miss Monday’s game to attend daughter’s college graduation

BOSTON AP Red Sox manager Alex Cora will miss Monday s series opener against the New York Mets at Fenway Park so he can attend his daughter s college graduation Cora s daughter Camila will be graduating from nearby Boston College It s going to be a very special day one that I m not going to miss Cora disclosed before Boston faced the Atlanta Braves in the series finale on Sunday I will miss the tournament for that I will do that any given day It s going to be a very special day for us Cora reflected how the time has seemed to go rapidly and spoke about how fast his daughter seemed to grow up It went fast it went really fast Cora commented of her time in college For a girl from divorced parents her mom did an amazing job staying the discipline while I was playing and coaching and doing my ESPN thing She s truly a reflection of her I appreciate everything she s done for her and for us Requested if he ll be able to hold back his emotions at the ceremony Cora smiled and mentioned We ll see before bringing up memories of when his daughter was at the World Series accomplishment celebration and a postseason series wrap-up win over Tampa Bay in at Fenway It s going to be an amazing day It happened fast he commented You put everything into perspective you go back to the videos of she was a little girl Then you go back to when she hopped onto the field when we beat Tampa she was still a little girl Now she s not a little girl he announced She s a woman She had fun with it She s a great attendee and the future s bright for her AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb