Getty The Phillies have already been linked to a move for Alex Cora On Saturday night, the Boston Red Sox stunned the collective baseball world when they decided to fire manager Alex Cora in the wake of a blowout 17-1 defeat over the Baltimore Orioles . While everybody was curious to see how the Red Sox planned on replacing Cora, one team many folks turned their attention to in the immediate aftermath of this move was the Philadelphia Phillies . Similar to Boston, Philly has been a major