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Felger & Massarotti

Is Alex Cora Feeling the Heat? // Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini Allegations // Lightning Round of Callers - 4/17 (Hour 2)

Felger & Massarotti

Beasley Media Group

Sports

4.1978 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

  • (0:00) Felger, Mazz, and Murray open the second hour with some thoughts on Alex Cora and if he is feeling the heat right now.
  • (16:51) What is the national media saying about the local Boston media when it comes to the reporting on the Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini situation? 
  • (22:10) A Lightning Round of callers on an Agenda Free Friday! 
  • (31:50) Did the Bruins navigate the James Hagens road to the NHL the right way?


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0:00.0

We have a show to do today.

0:02.6

The whole new acronym thing, drive me effing penning.

0:06.5

Can we call him by his way?

0:08.3

Shelter in Mass.

0:09.5

On 985, the sports hobby.

0:12.3

Kim Rosenthal, you can add on young JJ Weatherhole.

0:15.5

Well, he's one of those candidates for an extension.

0:17.6

As you mentioned, Adam, and clubs do these deals for a very simple reason.

0:21.6

They believe the players will outperform the contracts.

0:24.6

And agents and player representatives from the union will tell you that the hit rate is a lot higher than the miss rate.

0:31.6

That these contracts generally do prove favorable for the clubs.

0:35.6

But John, Alex Corr was talking to us about this today, and he said the dynamic changes, though. It changes when you have a number of players under those kinds of deals, and that is what the concern can be for some of these teams. Gender Free Friday, everything's on the table from the week. And this is something that I did not touch on during the week, as wanted to. Because I think it speaks to... No, I remember this. That you wanted to get to it in. I'm sorry? No, I said I remember that you wanted to get to it. We never did. I think Cora is feeling the heat. And I think this exchange here, starting with the Ken Rosenthal report, is a sign of it.

1:12.8

And that was, and if you heard it, you listen to just simply, they were playing the Cardinals,

1:18.6

and the Cardinals are about to sign one of their minor league players to one of these long contracts

1:23.2

before the kid reaches the major leagues or does anything in the major leagues.

1:26.6

And this has become a trend across the league.

1:28.7

And Rosenthal asked Cora about it, you know, just discussing the topic.

1:33.5

And the Red Sox have several of these players, obviously.

1:36.8

And Cora kind of turned it into a negative.

1:39.5

And Tyler Milliken tweeted this out that Corr kind of said, yeah, this is happening, but that means

1:45.6

you have to deal with some other things, just paraphrasing.

1:49.3

And a lot of people read into that, rightfully so, that why would Corr be saying anything

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