Valentine,and now Mike Schmidt,to Interview with Devil Rays

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

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Valentine told the Times last week he would be "very excited" to talk to the Rays. After talking with Valentine, the Rays are planning to adjust the field of candidates, dropping some and perhaps adding a few, with Astros bench coach Cecil Cooper a possibility.

 

Edited October 28, 2005 by vance_the_cubs_fan

[Transmogrified Tiger]

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Valentine told the Times last week he would be "very excited" to talk to the Rays. After talking with Valentine, the Rays are planning to adjust the field of candidates, dropping some and perhaps adding a few, with Astros bench coach Cecil Cooper a possibility.

 

 

That's weird, I heard or read something that said that Valentine was returning to Japan, they quoted him too.

[LoneStarCubFan]

Bobby V just won the Japan League Series so maybe he feels he doesn't have anything left to prove.

 

Also, saying he's going back to Japan also drives the price up over here.

[Larry Horse]

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Valentine told the Times last week he would be "very excited" to talk to the Rays. After talking with Valentine, the Rays are planning to adjust the field of candidates, dropping some and perhaps adding a few, with Astros bench coach Cecil Cooper a possibility.

 

 

Cecil Cooper.....one of my favorite players.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Mike Schmidt now has interest in the Rays job. Link

 

While Schmidt certainly will bring big name flavor to the hire, didn't he quit as manager of a Phillies minor league team because he didn't like the job?

 

Oh well. :shrug:

 

Schmidt was so impressed with Sternberg's philosophies and plans for the Rays that he quickly became "interested, intrigued and excited" about getting involved. So Schmidt contacted a friend, Major League Baseball President Bob DuPuy, who contacted Tampa Bay officials, and today Schmidt will interview for the Rays manager's job, the eighth candidate to do so.

 

 

It looks like the Rays are interviewing anyone with a pulse.