PLAYERS:
Bobby Valentine,
Terry Francona,
Brad Ausmus,
Joe Maddon,
Mike Lowell,
Ozzie Guillen,
John Farrell
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore Orioles, Miami Marlins, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore Orioles, Miami Marlins, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres
To absolutely no surprise, the Boston Red Sox fired manager Bobby Valentine after one terribly disappointing season. While they still owe him $2.5 million for next season, they found it far more attractive to pay him to stay away then to suffer through another disastrous season with Valentine at the helm. The Red Sox are a complete and utter disgrace, and the team has finally come to the realization that drastic changes are necessary.While it began with Valentine, the team has already said that many changes will still occur moving forward.But first, Boston needs a new skipper. General manager Ben Cherington has already said he wishes to wrap up the managerial search process far quicker than last offseason, meaning the Red Sox would ideally love to have a new manager in place by the end of the month, if not be the first week or two in November.While they may exhaust many options, Boston will not drag this out like they did before hiring Valentine last December. Here is a look at the ...
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Bobby Valentine To Be Fired By The Red Sox, According To Jon Heyman
According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, Bobby Valentine will be fired by the Red Sox soon. This is probably the least surprising news ever, considering the fact that this was probably one of the worst one-year coaching failures I’ve seen.
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Our long standing New England nightmare is over. Wait, you mean Bobby Valentine hasn't been fired as of 9:55 a.m.? Okay then.
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Bobby Valentine crashes his bike while reading a text from Dustin Pedroia
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During his weekly appearance on WEEI's The Big Show, Bobby Valentine made comments about feeling undermined by members of his coaching staff on Wednesday. Obviously the media was going to bring up those comments during the manager's pregame interview. Valentine handled the questions well and refused to give the press anything they could run with. Reporters also asked Valentine...
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