Red Sox players voice their displeasure with Alex Cora's firing

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The ramifications of the Boston Red Sox's firing Alex Cora and his coaching staff are beginning to take hold. After a press conference on Sunday, it was revealed that Cora’s firing was the call of the Red Sox chief baseball officer, Craig Breslow, per Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy.

“Yeah, look, Craig leads our baseball operation, and he's made several bold decisions and recommendations,” Kennedy said at a press conference on Sunday. “And this was one of them [firing Cora], and we fully support it, and that's why we took the action we took.”

Despite Kennedy and Breslow being happy with their decision, the Red Sox players aren't thrilled.

Boston Red Sox players aren't thrilled with Craig Breslow’s and Sam Kennedy's decision.

So far, two players have spoken to the media regarding Cora’s firing: shortstop Trevor Story and right-hander Garrett Whitlock. Both were displeased with the firing, with Story telling Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com that, "some of the best coaches in the world didn’t get a fair shot.”

Whitlock’s answer was more revealing, saying neither owner, John Henry nor Kennedy, spoke to the players during a meeting. Instead, Breslow addressed them for two minutes, according to Tim Healey of the Boston Globe, while interim manager Chad Tracy spoke for roughly five minutes.