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Bobby Valentine

BOSTON, MA - MAY 25: Bobby Valentine #25 of the Boston Red Sox reacts after the benches cleared between a game between the Boston Red sox and the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park May 25, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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  • Valentine: 'I think we've hit bottom'

    -- Bobby Valentine spoke for a shell-shocked Red Sox Nation Saturday night when he said this about the Yankees ' 15-run outburst after Boston had taken a 9-0 lead in the Yankees ' 15-9 victory at Fenway Park:"It happened quickly and it was hard to believe."Valentine's   Read more »

  • Yanks turn 9-0 deficit into 15-9 win over Bosox

    double.The Yankees have hit 12 home runs in the last three games and 13 in their last 27 innings.Embattled Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine replaced lefthander Felix Doubront with Vicente Padilla to start the seventh, the kindling that helped sparked the comeback.In   Read more »

  • Joe Girardi, Bobby Valentine have different styles

    winter meetings at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas was a scene from earlier in the day.On the way into the managers' luncheon, Bobby Valentine came up to his new rival and threw an arm around a pair of broad shoulders."I've always loved you, Joe," Valentine said   Read more »

  • How the Yankees and Red Sox match up

    Red Sox. Fenway Park's 100th anniversary. Bobby Valentine .What more do you need? How about some matchups to get you ready for the big weekend series!CATCHER/INFIELDThe "which second baseman is better" debate -- Robinson Cano of the Yankees or Dustin Pedroia   Read more »

  • Bobb Valentine: Joe Girardi wasn't 'courteous'

    MYERS, Fla. -- Bobby Valentine was on his best behavior for the first Yankees -Red Sox matchup March 13 in Tampa , saying little before and after the game.Last night he stirred things up a bit.The Red Sox manager accused Joe Girardi of not being "courteous"   Read more »

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  • Bard wins again, wants to shed kid gloves

    Sox starter Daniel Bard is ready to break out of the comfort zone prescribed by Bobby Valentine. Bard pitched to Valentine’s limit in last night’s 6-3, rain-delayed victory against the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park [map]. He improved to 5-5 and lowered his 1:43 AM from Boston Herald Read more »

  • Bard ready to pitch deeper into games

    Hill and Scott Atchison had recorded the final two outs of the sixth inning before he approached his manager in the dugout. Bobby Valentine had lifted Bard from the game after he'd thrown 94 pitches in 5 1/3 innings. The last pitch he threw -- as was the case 1:04 AM from Providence Journal Read more »

  • Sox and Pedroia trying to avoid DL

    muscle in his right thumb and is trying to avoid going on the disabled list. Pedroia was huddled in a long meeting in Bobby Valentine's office after the game with GM Ben Cherington, doctors and trainers. The big decision may come 24 hours form now. If Pedroia 12:52 AM from Boston.com Read more »

  • Crawford is getting closer to throwing

    in about two weeks. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) He will likely start throwing again in about two weeks. But Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine just said today that Crawford is “some days away.” “We’re going to start programming his body if we can to get ready to throw,” 5/29/12 from The Eagle-Tribune | North Andover, MA Read more »

  • Pregame notes from Fenway Park

    any prompting from the media during his pregame news conference, Bobby Valentine wasted little time launching into the situation with Dustin Pedroia's jammed right thumb, which kept him out of the lineup for Tuesday night's game against the Detroit Tigers. 5/29/12 from Boston.com Read more »

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About Bobby Valentine

Robert John Valentine (born May 13, 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut), nicknamed Bobby V, is a former player and manager in Major League Baseball and the current manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League.

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