Jim Tracy wasn’t ready to get off the phone. He is as voluble at 70 as he was during his 11 seasons as a major-league manager. And he had one more thing he wanted to say.“This wasn’t the most comfortable situation when it first evolved for my son,” Jim Tracy said, referring to Chad Tracy, interim manager of the Boston Red Sox. “And I say that because of what the man he replaced means to the Tracy family.”The man Chad Tracy replaced is Alex Cora, who played for his father with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2001 to 2004. Jim Tracy later managed the Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies as well, but his four most successful seasons were with Cora on his roster.“Alex Cora was extremely influential on a couple of real good Dodger teams that I managed,” Jim Tracy said. “And prior to Chad’s situation developing there in Boston, I have to tell you this: Alex Cora treated my son like royalty.“I am forever grateful for that. And you know the other thing? If Chad needs another opinion besides dad’s, he wouldn’t be the least bit shy about calling Alex Cora because that’s the kind of relationship that they maintain with one another. I think it’s so special.”Special enough that it continues even after the shocking events of April 25, when the Red Sox fired Cora and six coaches and elevated Chad Tracy from Triple-A Worcester to take over a team that was 10-17.Chad Tracy, 40, had managed Worcester since 2022, the year after Cora, 50, returned to the Red Sox following his one-year suspension for playing a key role in the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal.“Alex has been incredible to me,” Chad Tracy said. “The details of it, I’ll leave out. But we’ve talked a handful of times and he has expressed nothing but support for me. It doesn’t surprise me. He’s an amazing human being.”Wait, he has spoken to Cora since the change?“We’ve talked,” Chad Tracy said. “And that was comforting. Being able to still talk to him, it meant a lot to me that first couple of weeks.”Cora, offering expanded comments for the first time since his firing, said his support for Chad Tracy stemmed in part from his respect for baseball culture.“It’s what we do,” Cora said in a text. “We are a fraternity, I learned that at a young age, and you have to pay it forward. You don’t forget that no matter your role in baseball.”He also feels indebted to both Jim and Chad Tracy.“Jim was the manager that really gave me the opportunity to grow as a player,” said Cora, whose career spanned from 1998 to 2011. “He accepted me as a thinking player, not as the most talented player. Without him, probably I don’t become a manager.“Chad has always been there for me. From the moment he joined the organization, I felt like I had a teammate who saw things the way I did and who was always willing to listen when I needed someone to talk to about team matters.”