This week, it's little Joey Cora! Cora is better known for his time with the White Sox and Mariners, but he started with the Padres as a rookie in 1987. He was a first round draft pick out of Vanderbilt in 1985 and recovered from a stab wound suffered in a 1986 fight while at AA Beaumont. He had an 11 year MLB career and in has had a long coaching career. He is currently 3rd Base Coach for the Mets...while his younger brother Alex manages the Red Sox.
Other topics - stab wounds, NFTs, crying in baseball.
Listen:
Links:
- Card #91 on Beckett
- SABR Bio by Alan Cohen
- Joey and A-Rod joking about Cora's "overreaction"
- Seattle's "Refuse to Lose" 1995 season
- Joey robs Tony Gwynn in the 1997 All-Star Game:
