In something totally different in Red Sox Nation the Sox will be looking for the 2nd new manager in as many years. After Terry Francona’s 8 successful years at the helm in Boston Bobby Valentine barely made it through the one. So it’s back to the drawing board. While the Red Sox will look to several of the managers that they did the last time around they will be taking a wholly different approach in the winter of 2012.
Valentine was a disaster in his year at the helm
The structure of the team is entirely different this time around. Last year, in the wake of the September collapse and all that went down behind the scenes, the Sox were looking for someone stern and experienced who could keep the big contracts and big ego guys in line. They looked early at some up-and-coming guys with less experience but they clearly valued someone who had been in a major league dugout before and narrowed the field down to Valentine and Tigers 3rd base coach and former Pirates and White Sox manage...
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PLAYERS:
Terry Francona,
Bobby Valentine,
Kevin Youkilis,
Adrian Gonzalez,
Josh Beckett,
Carl Crawford,
Nick Punto,
John Lackey,
David Ortiz,
Cody Ross,
Sandy Alomar,
John Farrell,
Mike Lowell,
Bill Mueller,
Ozzie Guillen
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays
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