MLB 2012 Off Season News, Notes & Transactions

[salsadancer7]

Rumors has it the Bobby Valentine has agreed to manage the Red Sox.

Deadspin website is reporting it as well.

 

[Hart5150]

Rumors has it the Bobby Valentine has agreed to manage the Red Sox.

Deadspin website is reporting it as well.

Ugh.

 

[Jimbo]

Rumors has it the Bobby Valentine has agreed to manage the Red Sox.

Deadspin website is reporting it as well.

Source -- Bobby Valentine to be hired Boston Red Sox manager - ESPN Boston

 

[salsadancer7]

Ugh.

ugh is right.....

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Since it apparently came down to Lamont and Valentine, I think the Sox hired the lesser of two evils....

 

[salsadancer7]

Since it apparently came down to Lamont and Valentine, I think the Sox hired the lesser of two evils....

What do you mean by that?

 

[cosmo_kramer]

What do you mean by that?

I'm not thrilled with either of them, but if I had to choose it would be Valentine....

 

[salsadancer7]

I'm not thrilled with either of them, but if I had to choose it would be Valentine....

Gotcha...now that you put it that way... I would do the same.

 

[BillD1984]

The Red Sox have become a joke very quickly!

Bobby F'in Valentine???!!! GMAFB.....this sucks!!! :rant:

 

[AntAltMike]

Valentine will only last two years. As soon as things start to go wrong, as they always do in baseball, since pitching is so tenuous and the season is so long, the Red Sox management won't be able to rein Valentine in.

 

[Jimbo]

Well, if Valentine is the Sox choice, that would mean that Gene Lamonte will be staying in Detroit ....
I like that idea.

 

[salsadancer7]

I am surprised they didn't go young from someone's bench in the Bigs.

 

[HD MM]

Rumors has it the Bobby Valentine has agreed to manage the Red Sox.

Deadspin website is reporting it as well.

Not exactly the blockbuster hire that I was expecting. I feel so "meh" about this hire.

 

[salsadancer7]

Not exactly the blockbuster hire that I was expecting. I feel so "meh" about this hire.

I am starting to dislike all the retread hiring in the NFL and MLB. Give some young(as in position, not so much age) mind a chance and you might end up with a Sparky, or a Tito or a Girardi.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

I am starting to dislike all the retread hiring in the NFL and MLB. Give some young(as in position, not so much age) mind a chance and you might end up with a Sparky, or a Tito or a Girardi.

There are some reports that Cherington was interested in Dale Sveum, but was overruled by Larry Lucchino on Valentine....

 

[salsadancer7]

There are some reports that Cherington was interested in Dale Sveum, but was overruled by Larry Lucchino on Valentine....

Geez....

 

[DodgerKing]

I am starting to dislike all the retread hiring in the NFL and MLB. Give some young(as in position, not so much age) mind a chance and you might end up with a Sparky, or a Tito or a Girardi.

Actually baseball is going younger, despite the signing of Valantine. You have Ventura and Matheny this year, and Mattingly last year for three of the largest MLB markets.

 

[salsadancer7]

Actually baseball is going younger, despite the signing of Valantine. You have Ventura and Matheny this year, and Mattingly last year for three of the largest MLB markets.

I know... but this Valentine really has NOTHING to offer the Red Sox.... IMHO. Baseball has changed in the way it is now more micromanaged than ever, from the high school level and beyond. From what I have seen in his commentary and analysis, he brings nothing new, refreshing or intuitive to the table.

He will be there with the equipment, dump it on the field and say "go play...shooo".

 

[Neutron]

He was the manager of the my Rangers when I was growing up. He didn't do a whole lot during his tenure here....

 

[DodgerKing]

I know... but this Valentine really has NOTHING to offer the Red Sox.... IMHO. Baseball has changed in the way it is now more micromanaged than ever, from the high school level and beyond. From what I have seen in his commentary and analysis, he brings nothing new, refreshing or intuitive to the table.

He will be there with the equipment, dump it on the field and say "go play...shooo".

I agree. There are several better candidates out there