Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is interviewed n the dugout before a game between the Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire)

“Actually, Virgil was in awe. They know a little bit of baseball, but they don’t understand how it goes. He asked me, how many games do you guys play? I know it’s a lot. I’m like, yeah, man, it’s 162. He’s like, oh, that’s crazy. I said, no, no, no, no, no. What’s crazy [is] what you guys do. You guys are playing for four cups or four trophies and then you have to play international football on what, eight months, 10 months? That is crazy. That is crazy. But that part is very similar to us. The grind. The grind, the grind, the grind.”

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