Red Sox sign Bobby Valentine as new manager

[ctcf]

Per Rotoworld:

 

Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston confirms that Bobby Valentine will be named the Red Sox next manager.

The Red Sox are expected to make it official on Wednesday. Valentine was offered while he was away on personal business in Japan and immediately accepted. The 61-year-old has a 1117-1072 record (.510) over 15 years of managerial experience in the big leagues between the Rangers and Mets, but has been out of MLB since 2002. While he'll inherit a very talented club from Terry Francona, his job will be help rebound from one of the worst collapses in baseball history.

[XZero771679666304]

This could turn out well, but it may go Hindenburg. My guess is that it goes well for a while, then the latter happens. Either way it should be entertaining.

[jersey cubs fan]

This could turn out well, but it may go Hindenburg. My guess is that it goes well for a while, then the latter happens. Either way it should be entertaining.

 

Yeah, my guess is it works fine at the start, but between Bobby's style and how Boston's management does things, it will end badly. Then again, most managerial stints end badly, or they wouldn't end.

[davell]

Lucchino flat out bypassed Cherington and his choice of Sveum. No wonder Theo wanted out and hopefully Cherington knows he has some sort of cool titled job waiting for him here once he's tired of all this crap.

[Guest]

This does not seem like a good fit to me. Boston is cratering. Valentine is a pretty smart "baseball" guy, but he tends to rub established players the wrong way. Aside from Bobby V, the happiest man has to be Cashman.

 

Looks like a two man booth for ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.

[jersey cubs fan]

This does not seem like a good fit to me. Boston is cratering. Valentine is a pretty smart "baseball" guy, but he tends to rub established players the wrong way. Aside from Bobby V, the happiest man has to be Cashman.

 

Looks like a two man booth for ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.

 

It fits the go from a players' manager to a disciplinarian type pretty well.

[treebird]

Lucchino flat out bypassed Cherington and his choice of Sveum. No wonder Theo wanted out and hopefully Cherington knows he has some sort of cool titled job waiting for him here once he's tired of all this crap.

 

wow, really? is that definitely a thing that happened, or are you speculating? that's pretty brutal if that's what happened.

[jersey cubs fan]

Lucchino flat out bypassed Cherington and his choice of Sveum. No wonder Theo wanted out and hopefully Cherington knows he has some sort of cool titled job waiting for him here once he's tired of all this crap.

 

wow, really? is that definitely a thing that happened, or are you speculating? that's pretty brutal if that's what happened.

 

Lots of people speculated that cherington wanted sveum but luchino, at the very least, forced him to drag his feet which left him available for the Cubs to pick off. I think the evidence is pretty strong that upper management wanted more of a name, some flash, and a hot head that wouldn't let guys eat fried chicken.

[bukie]

Lucchino flat out bypassed Cherington and his choice of Sveum. No wonder Theo wanted out and hopefully Cherington knows he has some sort of cool titled job waiting for him here once he's tired of all this crap.

 

wow, really? is that definitely a thing that happened, or are you speculating? that's pretty brutal if that's what happened.

 

Lots of people speculated that cherington wanted sveum but luchino, at the very least, forced him to drag his feet which left him available for the Cubs to pick off. I think the evidence is pretty strong that upper management wanted more of a name, some flash, and a hot head that wouldn't let guys eat fried chicken.

 

Or ever turn their back on the hitter when in the field.

[Clem Fandango]

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/7299027/source-bobby-valentine-type-not-boston-red-sox-early

 

A Boston Red Sox official told at least one player at the beginning of the managerial search that they "weren't going to hire Bobby Valentine or someone like that," a clubhouse source told ESPNBoston.com last week.

 

The conversation suggests that Valentine, known as a no-nonsense manager in stints with the Mets and Rangers over 15 years, was perceived by some as a darkhorse candidate that would not be popular with some players.

 

"They're going to have a mess on their hands," the source said when asked what would happen if Valentine, who at that time was just one of several candidates, was hired.

 

ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney had heard similar rumblings, citing sources Wednesday saying that "some Red Sox players have been upset" that Valentine had emerged as a candidate and have been "grumbling to each other, through texts and phone calls."

 

The revelation lends further credence to the perception that Valentine was not the preferred candidate for some in the organization initially. After five candidates were publicly known to have interviewed (a list that did not include Valentine) at the beginning of the process, sources indicated to ESPNBoston.com that Dale Sveum was the front-runner.

[javy knows my name]

lol red sox

[NonProfitCow]

http://cdn.wl.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bobby-valentine-japan.jpg

[jersey cubs fan]

is that pineapple?

[Clem Fandango]

Hawaiian Burger. IIRC just a burger with a pineapple on it and BBQ sauce?

 

Either that or it's a Big Kahuna Burger.

[jersey cubs fan]

http://deadspin.com/5895995/cops-bobby-jenks-said-he-smashed-into-a-car-in-a-strip-club-parking-lot-and-had-to-get-out-of-there

 

It's a good thing Boston got that booze out of the clubhouse.

 

They are well on their way to emulating the Cardinals.

[NonProfitCow]

Guess he was serious about the too many muscle relaxers thing. He blew a 0.000.

[jwmann2]

Didn't take Valentine a long time to hit the headlines as an unpopular figure in Boston. That Kevin Youkilis situation was mighty dumb on his part. Keep it in the clubhouse, don't put things out in the open for the harsh Boston media.