Bobby Valentine
FUKUOKA, JAPAN - MARCH 03: Bobby Valentine throws out the first pitch during the World Baseball Classic First Round Group A game between Japan and China at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome on March 3, 2013 in Fukuoka, Japan.
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I’m not blaming it all on Bobby Valentine, but I hate him
We conducted a search and decided on Bobby Valentine because Bobby was the best of the people that we had available ... We had hoped at the beginning of that search that we’d be able to land John Farrell of Toronto.
I know all about that stuff. Yes, I am going to offer my analysis on the Mets ... I’ve been in this (media) fish pond and seen it turn into a cesspool. I’m not one who is going to make things less comfortable for anyone than they need to be.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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A night with Bobby Valentine on the set of SNY
it were anyone other than Bobby Valentine , it would have been easy to paint it as a depressing picture.There he was, in a Manhattan basement Wednesday, waiting out a Mets rain delay by watching the Orioles play the Red Sox on a dreary night during which Boston Read more »
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Kevin Youkilis has been a perfect fit for Yankees
that time. When Francona was let go after the 2011 season, it didn't take long for the Red Sox to dump Youkilis as well -- at Bobby Valentine 's urging -- by trading him to the White Sox.With all the attention Monday on Nick Swisher 's hug-and-handshake tour Read more »
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Bobby Valentine hired by SNY as Mets television analyst
still is slightly more than three months before former Mets manager Bobby Valentine will officially become Sacred Heart University 's athletic director, what the school called an "out of the box" hiring.So in the meantime, Valentine, 62, has signed up to make Read more »
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Red Sox believe John Farrell will be a positive reminder of Terry Francona
particular day. Maybe it was snippet after snippet of teams executing cutoff drills or an endless series of 3-1 putouts.Bobby Valentine was new to the Red Sox then. Only days into what would be a brief and bizarre tenure in Boston, he tried some things that Read more »
Around the web
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This Date in Mets History: May 13 — Bobby V. turns 63, Rickey gets released
Yogi Berra, the second manager to lead the Mets to the World Series, on the occasion of his 88th birthday. Today, Bobby Valentine, the most recent man to achieve the feat turns another year older. Love him or hate him (though, thankfully, the sentiment on from Amazin' Avenue Read more »
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Jon Lester Pitches The Best Game of His Career
I predicted that Boston Red Sox lefty Jon Lester would win the 2013 AL Cy Young Award after a terrible season under Bobby Valentine last year. Lester went 9-14 with a 4.82 ERA in 2012. On Friday night, Lester improved his record to 5-0 with a complete game, from American Spectator Read more »
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John Lackey throws it away for sagging Red Sox
brightest Boston teams of the past. Here in May, the comparisons are more recent, like the Sox of September, 2011 or the Bobby Valentine model of last season. They lost another messy game on Thursday night, one they literally threw away, or at least one that from Worcester Telegram & Gazette Read more »
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Dave Magadan a hit in Texas
Texas — In the rush to forget 2012, the Red Sox encouraged Bobby Valentine’s coaching staff to seek new employment. It wasn’t that they thought poorly of Tim Bogar, Alex Ochoa or most of the staff. It’s that they recognized the need for a fresh start. There from Boston Herald Read more »
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Houston Rocket fan dons impressive disguise
Kudos all around... assuming this is actually a disguise and not some weird genetic disorder. Not since Hernia legend Bobby Valentine donned a mustache and sunglasses has the camera caught such a perfectly executed disguise. Kudos all around... assuming this from The Sports Hernia Blog Read more »