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Alex Cora, other prominent Red Sox figures trying to save executive’s son’s life

ByGabrielle Starr|
PORTLAND, ME - MAY 27: A detailed look of the Portland Sea Dogs Memorial Day hats for the game between the Portland Sea Dogs and the Altoona Curve at Hadlock Field on May 27, 2019 in Portland, Maine. (Photo by Zachary Roy/Getty Images)
PORTLAND, ME - MAY 27: A detailed look of the Portland Sea Dogs Memorial Day hats for the game between the Portland Sea Dogs and the Altoona Curve at Hadlock Field on May 27, 2019 in Portland, Maine. (Photo by Zachary Roy/Getty Images)

Longtime Red Sox Double-A Portland Sea Dogs executive Charlie Eshbach’s son needs a liver transplant.

This is bigger than baseball.

Members of the Boston Red Sox family are turning to the public to help find a liver transplant for Scott Eshbach, the son of longtime Portland Sea Dogs executive Charlie Eshbach. The Sea Dogs are the Double-A affiliate of the Sox up in Maine.

Sox employee J.P. Long, who runs the team stats account @SoxNotes, tweeted about the Facebook group, which contains information about being a match for Eshbach.

Alex Cora, Red Sox team up for son of executive

Big-league manager Alex Cora is one of several prominent figures in and around the organization who shared the post, as did Boston Globe writer Alex Speier. The Red Sox also retweeted from the official team account.

Longtime NESN sportscaster Tom Caron and WBZ’s Dan Roche also amplified the search with quote-tweets:

The elder Eshbach has been in the minors for over four decades and is currently a senior advisor to the Portland club. The first official Sea Dogs employee in 1993 when they were affiliated with the Florida Marlins, he was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2018. He was their GM and president for many years and was also interim president of MiLB in 1988.

If you or someone you know is between 18-60 years old and have Type-O blood, please consider reaching out in the Facebook group.

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