Valentine needs to be allowed to manage

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

The Bobby Valentine Era is off to a raging start, eh? Time heals all wounds, or so we have been told, but here's the real problem with the 2012 Red Sox: whether it was Terry Francona last September or Valentine now, the manager doesn't have a leg to

"I haven't heard the word 'surgery,'" manager Bobby Valentine said. "Whatever the best possible care is, that's what we'll give him." A timetable won't be set for Ellsbury's return until the additional tests are administered.