Boston Red Sox Say They Won't Hire Anyone Like Bobby Valentine. Then They Hire Bobby Valentine!
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UPDATE ... The Red Sox have done an about face, and have hired Bobby Valentine as the new manager.
Just two weeks before choosing him, Red Sox leadership, reportedly told key players that they "would not hire Bobby Valentine, or a Bobby Valentine type". (Perceived as a hard nose who will whip the lazy players into shape and take away their beer and chicken).
With apparent front office bickering and dissension leading to team instability, the once mighty Red Sox have fallen to third place in the hearts of New England sports fans, behind The Patriots, and The Boston Bruins; and barely ahead of the fourth place Boston Celtics.
Valentine has been openly critical of Boston stars Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford. Now he will have to live with his comments as he tries to get the most out of his highly paid, underperforming players.
(I had predicted in the following article that Terry Francona would be re-hired. I believe that Bobby Vee will be on a very short leash, and Francona may be back by the All Star break.)
You are reading it here first.
This is not a fact just a prediction.
I believe we will learn soon that the Sox will indeed bring back Francona (who resigned after one of the worst September collapses in baseball history).
Here’s the logic behind this speculation.
He was the best manager they ever had. The club was in contention every single year, even when his team was decimated by injuries and hamstrung with awkward talent hired by the very young and inexperienced General Manager Theo Epstein.
Epstein's mistakes have been written about thousands of times, so they will not be rehashed here.
Thankfully the Red Sox were able to get rid of Epstein - sorry Chicago Cubs. He’s your problem now. Theo goes home every night and puts little baseball suits on his green plastic army men and moves them around his kitchen table pretending they can steal bases.
The Red Sox have interviewed about six candidates for Manager. They spoke with Dale Sveum twice, but did not offer him the position. When he was third base coach for the Crimson Hose, he made some boneheaded moves and it’s unlikely that he was seriously being considered.
It’s rumored that Epstein wants him for the Cubs.
Good luck again Chicago. You’re getting all of Boston’s old, unwanted clothes. Cubs fans should wonder if they are going to fit. (They're not).
John Henry announced this week that the ballclub is in no rush to hire a new manager. They have passed on several high profile candidates. Terry Francona inerviewed for a few managerial jobs, but he wants a little more time off before deciding on a job.
With Epstein gone, sanity may return to good ol’ Fenway and the Sox owners might realize that their managerial search should start at Terry Francona’s vacated locker.
I can’t guarantee this is going to happen; but if it does, remember that you read it here first.
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Hey C Ray. This clown would not have signed J. D. Drew. You see, C, JD was signed by the clown named Theo Epstein whom the Red Sox have shuffled off to Chicago's Bear Cubs. The latest that this clown hears is that Bobby Valentine has the inside track for the job, but I don't think so. Bobby Valentine's personality is a 180 from new GM Cherrington and from the owners. It would be a match made in hell. Of course that is only this clown's opinion. Thanks for stopping by.
In New England, we are just now (during Spring Training in Fort Meyers) finding out that the Red Sox actually fired Manager Terry Francona. We are not sure if they also fired Theo Epstein, who wound up in Chicago. The owners of the Red Sox may have sacked him. They have been increasingly critical of their former G.M. and have blamed him for the horrible signing of Carl Crawford. The team owner claims he was against signing Crawford, who had a very poor year in 2011. Epstein's other terrible signings included John Lackey who in 2011, had the worst season of any pitcher in Red Sox history - going back to 1901. Epstein also signed several bad shortstops to big money deals. He showered millions on the underperforming J.D. Drew. Instead of getting the sack, Francona should have been given the keys to the city of Boston. How he managed 95 plus wins every year with Epstein's flotsam, is a mystery.
Valentine's image gets more tarnished each time the Red Sox lose. They are last in their division with just four wins in 12 trips to the gate. In four games, Valentine has left spent pitchers in the game way too long, resulting in losses. He admits to blowing four games while holding on to his mile long leash.
Even Dustin Pedroia had bad things to say about Valentine, after the new Sox manager questioned the work ethic of bulldog Kevin Youkilis.
Rumors are swirling around Fenway Park that the Red Sox players don't like Bobby Valentine. Valentine is being called Larry Lucchino's puppet. Lucchino is C.E.O. of the Boston team and it's been said that it was he who hired Valentine as manager, over the ojbection of his General Manager, Ben Cherington.
Some insiders are saying Valentine is going to have trouble lasting the season. All this will change, of course, if the Red Sox start winning.
C. Ray 6 months ago
I suppose this clown also believes that JD Drew will be re-signed.