Valentine talks fake mustache, Rickey and front office meddling on MLB Network
Secaucus, NJ, February 8, 2012 – Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine will be featured in a new episode of MLB Network’s Studio 42 with Bob Costas on Monday, February 13 at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Taped at Fenway Park last month, Valentine speaks with Costas about the Red Sox failing to make the 2011 Postseason saying, “I wasn’t here. I don’t know what happened, and you know what Bob? I don’t care what happened. The only thing I know is because it happened, I am here.”
Valentine also talks about his conversation with Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett about his pitching rhythm; how managing in the Japanese Pacific League helped him become less stubborn; managing a National League-style of play; and moments during his tenure as New York Mets manager, including losing the 1999 NLCS against the Atlanta Braves and the infamous mustache he wore on June 9, 1999 during a Mets vs. Toronto Blue Jays game.
On whether any of the reported clubhouse behavior by Red Sox pitchers in 2011 would continue:
On talking with Josh Beckett about his pitching rhythm:
On what he expects in 2012:
On taking nine years to become a manager again:
On accepting lineup suggestions from the front office and ownership:
On what criticism of him has been fair in the past:
On how’s he learned to be less stubborn:
On players not running balls out:
On the infamous mustache he wore on June 9, 1999 during a New York Mets vs. Toronto Blue Jays game:
On managing a National League-style of play:
