http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/13/john-valentin-will-be-the-dodgers-assistant-hitting-coach/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:30:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/13/john-valentin-will-be-the-dodgers-assistant-hitting-coach/comment-page-1/#comment-397607 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:55:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=255260#comment-397607 With all the fan favorite players returning as coaches, i was hoping we could give Valentin a look as hitting coach in Boston. I guess not.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/13/john-valentin-will-be-the-dodgers-assistant-hitting-coach/comment-page-1/#comment-397578 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:17:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=255260#comment-397578 Jeez. Don Mattingly and Mark McGwire need a valet?

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/13/john-valentin-will-be-the-dodgers-assistant-hitting-coach/comment-page-1/#comment-397548 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:26:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=255260#comment-397548 He will be “Assistant TO the Hitting Coach”, right?

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/13/john-valentin-will-be-the-dodgers-assistant-hitting-coach/comment-page-1/#comment-397542 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:10:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=255260#comment-397542 and a miserable little twerp as a player…………Much like the man who unseated him at SS, Nomar, he enjoyed when the team was a dysfunctional mess than winning. Probably the first story I have seen about him in years that doesn’t have the words ‘broke’ or ‘bankruptcy’. Tried talk radio too in Boston and just used to try to big time the co hosts – the ‘nobody knows what they’re talking about except me because I played so you should just listen to me’ routine. Got canned from that gig too.

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