Red Sox GM has chance to build from manager down
San Francisc
Bobby Valentine and Ron Gardenhire of the Twins both presided over 90-plus losses this season, yet the former is gone and the latter is an institution. Your article has been sent. NEW YORK — An otherwise standard radio interview took a sharp turn on Wednesday when Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine was asked whether his [...]
Read MoreRed Sox GM has chance to build from manager down
San Francisc
Daily Red Sox Links has the best baseball and Red Sox-related writing on the internets. Today, the firing of Bobby Valentine, Curt Schilling might have to sell old socks to stay above water, and Ben Cherington holds the Red ESPN was covering the breaking news of Bobby Valentine's firing when the network accidentally aired a [...]
Read MoreRed Sox fire Bobby Valentine
ESPN (blog)
Bobby Valentine was fired as manager of the Red Sox on Thursday. (AP) Bobby Valentine has finally been fired — why didn't this happen months ago? — and that's a very good thing for the Boston Red Sox. It's not the solution to the many problems that The Boston Red Sox fired first-year manager Bobby [...]
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ESPN (blog)
Boston Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine says he was undermined by some of his coaches this season. Valentine also told Boston radio station WEEI that his coaches were not loyal to him. Before the Red Sox played the New York Yankees in the final game BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox thought Bobby Valentine would [...]
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ESPN (blog)
This now becomes the second most famous Red Sox text message of the season. Daily Red Sox Links has the best baseball and Red Sox-related writing on the internets. Today, the firing of Bobby Valentine, Curt Schilling might have to sell old socks to stay above water, and Ben Cherington holds the Red Boston Red [...]
Read MoreRed Sox-Yankees: Today's lineup
ESPN (blog)
Perhaps the current not-so-hot trio of Red Sox outfielders is proving a little worrisome for the Yawkey Way brain trust. Perhaps it's the first "sweetheart" deal—a leftover from the Cubs luring Theo Epstein to Wrigley Field. Maybe The Red Sox could not make Fenway Park's 100th anniversary a happy one. 2:23pm: The deal remains probable [...]
Read MoreValentine needs to be allowed to manage
Boston.com
Bobby Valentine continues his big mouth style of managing. Yesterday on Boston's WHDH, he basically called out Kevin Youkilis and said "I don't think he's as physically or emotionally into the game as he has been in the past for some reason… By Kevin Armstrong / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Bobby Valentine congratulates Kelly Shoppach [...]
Read MoreValentine needs to be allowed to manage
Boston.com
This was needless, asinine and less tactful than a passive-aggressive Facebook post. BOSTON — Ben Cherington initiated talks to calm the storm. Before Monday's 1-0 loss against the Rays, the Red Sox general manager walked into Bobby Valentine's office to discuss the skipper's poignant comments BOSTON — Ben Cherington initiated talks to calm the storm. [...]
Read MoreBobby Valentine, Red Sox try to mend clubhouse relations
USA TODAY
Among those with a special connection to the man we celebrate Sunday is Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine. Getty Images Ralph Branca, Bobby Valentine's father-in-law, was a teammate of Jackie Robinson on the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers. Valentine not only has BOSTON — Kevin Youkilis' teammates came to his defense Monday after Red Sox manager Bobby [...]
Read MoreKevin Youkilis "confused" by Valentine criticism
CBS News
It was the traditional 10 am Patriot's Day game, there was the Bobby Valentine-Kevin Youkilis kerfuffle, and then there was Joe Maddon gunning for his 500th career win as a major-league manager. The game certainly disappoint: it was a taut, 1-0 affair, Play Podcast ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney covers Bobby Valentine's comments about Kevin [...]
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