Red Sox fire Valentine

[bukie]

One good move the Cubs front office made: not hiring Sideshow Bob.

[El Duderino]

Everyone knew this was a trainwreck waiting to happen, and Bobby V exceeded expectations.

[Tracer Bullet]

That cackling you hear is Terry Francona. I hope Larry fucks up another managerial hire.

[jersey cubs fan]

If Cherington escapes do you think they can make up another position to put him in the Cubs organization?

[Little Slide Rooter]

If Cherington escapes do you think they can make up another position to put him in the Cubs organization?

 

They'd probably demand Baez and Soler this time. Of course they'd end up with Jay Jackson and Brett Wallach.

[XZero771679666304]

What a fiasco. All that meddling, and for what?

[Derwood]

Didn't a bunch of you weirdos want Valentine for the Cubs?

[Guest]

Didn't a bunch of you weirdos want Valentine for the Cubs?

I said he wouldn't be a bad choice because he does well with young teams. He was a terrible choice for Boston with a veteran team and following a beloved guy like Francona.

 

He's not a bad baseball manager under the right circumstances, he just wasn't a good fit for Boston and especially so following Francona.

[Banedon]

Didn't a bunch of you weirdos want Valentine for the Cubs?

 

I did, and man was I wrong. That turned out....poorly.

[flyseye]

Didn't a bunch of you weirdos want Valentine for the Cubs?

I said he wouldn't be a bad choice because he does well with young teams. He was a terrible choice for Boston with a veteran team and following a beloved guy like Francona.

 

He's not a bad baseball manager under the right circumstances, he just wasn't a good fit for Boston and especially so following Francona.

 

???? He had a young team for half a year in Boston. Valentine is a horrible choice for ANY team, and I would wager he has managed his last MLB game.

 

Edit: I would also wager that nobody will hire him as a broadcaster again either, he was equally inept at that.

[sneakypower]

i didn't want Valentine, but i did want this guy

 

http://ladybaseballopinions.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/bobbyvalentinemoustache.jpg

[TruffleShuffle]

this is off topic, but whatever happened to larry dierker? had a .556 winning percentage and the astros won the division 4 out of 5 years under him, but they always underperformed in the playoffs and he got canned. seems like a guy who should've been given a shot elsewhere.

[El Duderino]

this is off topic, but whatever happened to larry dierker? had a .556 winning percentage and the astros won the division 4 out of 5 years under him, but they always underperformed in the playoffs and he got canned. seems like a guy who should've been given a shot elsewhere.

 

He is the community outreach executive for the Astros. Saw him at the draft this year.

[Sammy Sofa]

this is off topic, but whatever happened to larry dierker? had a .556 winning percentage and the astros won the division 4 out of 5 years under him, but they always underperformed in the playoffs and he got canned. seems like a guy who should've been given a shot elsewhere.

 

He is the community outreach executive for the Astros. Saw him at the draft this year.

 

Quite a few people brought him up here, me included, but I guess he just decided to stay away for health reasons. What did he have during that Padres game, an aneurysm? That final press conference was pretty intense, and I remember an interview afterwards where he sounded really burned out.

[TruffleShuffle]

this is off topic, but whatever happened to larry dierker? had a .556 winning percentage and the astros won the division 4 out of 5 years under him, but they always underperformed in the playoffs and he got canned. seems like a guy who should've been given a shot elsewhere.

 

He is the community outreach executive for the Astros. Saw him at the draft this year.

 

Quite a few people brought him up here, me included, but I guess he just decided to stay away for health reasons. What did he have during that Padres game, an aneurysm? That final press conference was pretty intense, and I remember an interview afterwards where he sounded really burned out.

 

right, but that was in 1999. he recovered to manage later that year and then managed the astros in 2000 and 2001. maybe he's just attached to that area and the organization, but on paper he'd look like a guy who was successful, had good ideas and should have managed another ballclub.

[Sammy Sofa]

this is off topic, but whatever happened to larry dierker? had a .556 winning percentage and the astros won the division 4 out of 5 years under him, but they always underperformed in the playoffs and he got canned. seems like a guy who should've been given a shot elsewhere.

 

He is the community outreach executive for the Astros. Saw him at the draft this year.

 

Quite a few people brought him up here, me included, but I guess he just decided to stay away for health reasons. What did he have during that Padres game, an aneurysm? That final press conference was pretty intense, and I remember an interview afterwards where he sounded really burned out.

 

right, but that was in 1999. he recovered to manage later that year and then managed the astros in 2000 and 2001. maybe he's just attached to that area and the organization, but on paper he'd look like a guy who was successful, had good ideas and should have managed another ballclub.

 

The press conference and interview I was talking about were after the 2001 season. He sounded pretty fed up with being a manager.

[UK1679666180]

I wanted Dierker instead of Baker.

 

Hendry rushed the process and that was the 1st step in doing so.

[Clem Fandango]

Red Sox hired Farrell away from the Blue Jays as their next manager.

 

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/8532135/boston-red-sox-hire-john-farrell-next-manager

 

As compensation, the Red Sox will send veteran infielder Mike Aviles to Toronto and will receive right-handed pitcher David Carpenter.

[SouthSideRyan]

I think I'd rather have Carpenter than Aviles.

 

Still can't believe we gave in to those petulant children and gave up 2 non-horrible arms.