Results matching “bobby valentine”
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Bobby Valentine sure is a busy guy. He’s the athletic director at Sacred Heart University, he’s working a bunch of Mets games for SNY television in New York, he’s on NBC Sports Radio, he’s doing commercials mocking his firing by the Red Sox for CBS Sports fantasy baseball, and now he’s writing a book. Gaylee…
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Bobby Valentine still holds a grudge against the Boston media
Mar 31, 2013, 11:45 PM EDT
Bobby Valentine did a less-than-stellar job in his one year as manager of the Boston Red Sox, leading them to a 69-93 record last year — the team’s worst record since they went 62-100 in 1965. Given a chance to speak his mind, Valentine was happy to lash out against the media that covered his…
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Sportnet New York announced that former Red Sox and Mets manager Bobby Valentine will join their studio team for 12-15 Mets games this season, beginning with Opening Day. He’ll be part of SNY’s pregame and postgame coverage, which is in addition to his new job as Sacred Heart University’s athletic director and work on NBC…
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Bobby Valentine is the athletic director at Sacred Heart University, but apparently that doesn’t preclude him from taking a new part-time television gig: I am told @bobbyvalentine is close to finalizing a deal with SNY to work 10-15 games as a studio analyst, probably including April 1 opener. — Neil Best (@sportswatch) March 19, 2013…
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Bobby Valentine: “I thought I did a hell of a job in Boston … Connie Mack wasn’t going to win with that team”
Feb 26, 2013, 3:15 PM EDT
Sacred Heart University held a press conference today introducing Bobby Valentine as its new athletic director, Jerry Spar of WEEI.com was there to witness it, and not surprisingly Valentine said a few things that I’m sure Red Sox fans will love. Asked about the 93-loss, drama-filled season with the Red Sox that got him fired,…
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Bobby Valentine is the Athletic Director for Sacred Heart University
Feb 21, 2013, 10:43 PM EDT
Ex-Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine got the gig he was aiming for: he’ll be named the new Athletic Director of Sacred Heart University in a press conference scheduled for Tuesday, CtPost’s William Paxton reports. It’s another odd turn for the former big-league infielder and three-time major league manager. Besides managing the Rangers, Mets and Red…
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I get piling on old Bobby Valentine all winter. The bad season still lingers. You have to assess what happened until at least the Winter Meetings, and then you have to talk about all the new moves with reference to why they were necessary in the first place. But you’d think that when the new…
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Bobby Valentine is trying to become the Athletic Director at Sacred Heart University
Jan 30, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
Hey, he’s supposed to work with me at NBC! If I knew we could moonlight like this I’d be tending bar someplace! Raise your hand if you saw this coming. Bobby Valentine’s job search has taken him to the unlikeliest of places: Sacred Heart University. The Fairfield, Conn. school is looking for a new athletic…
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When Bobby Valentine was fired as Red Sox manager, I was slightly sad that I would not have Bobby Valentine to kick around anymore. Now I really won’t have Bobby Valentine to kick around anymore. Not because he’s disappearing, but because he’s now a coworker and one does not speak ill of coworkers. From Richard…
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Bobby Valentine dishes on the 2012 Red Sox, to dress up like an elf next month
Nov 9, 2012, 1:32 PM EDT
Bobby Valentine spoke at Salem State University last night as part of a speaker’s series. Peter Gammons was the moderator and audience questions were taken. Some highlights from CSNNewEngland.com: The front office wanted “a quieter, calmer” version of Bobby Valentine during the season, so he was told to tone down his usually effusive comments to…
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The first really public strife involving Bobby Valentine and the Sox last year came when Dustin Pedroia called him out in the media for making disparaging comments about Kevin Youkilis (“that’s not how we go about our stuff here”). In light of that — and in light of other rumored issues between Pedroia and Valentine…
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It’s hard to imagine former Mets GM Steve Phillips ever getting another shot to become the general manager of a major league team, but if it happens, he’d consider hiring Bobby Valentine to manage. “I would consider Bobby to manage again, probably not this year.” Phillips said on WEEI’s Mut & Merloni show. “I think…
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Ex-bench coach Tim Bogar says Bobby Valentine is “completely wrong”
Oct 25, 2012, 9:45 AM EDT
Tim Bogar, who spent this season as Bobby Valentine’s bench coach, responded to the former manager’s comments about the Red Sox coaching staff undermining him by saying Valentine is “completely wrong.” “That bothers me because of what the coaches went through this year and what we dealt with,” Bogar said, via Joe McDonald of ESPN…
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Speaking on tonight’s episode of Costas Tonight (10 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network), Bobby Valentine is dishing out the blame for the fall of the 2012 Red Sox, starting with himself but that moving right along to none other than Big Papi: David Ortiz came back after spending about six weeks on the disabled…
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Bobby Valentine to give his first sitdown interview tonight on NBC Sports Network
Oct 23, 2012, 5:20 PM EDT
UPDATE: Here’s a clip of Valentine’s interview with Costas, which includes the former Red Sox manager saying he thought David Ortiz “decided not to play anymore” once they were out of the race: ========== There’s no baseball game tonight, but if you’re into car wrecks and/or post mortems, Bobby Valentine is going to be sitting…
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Buster Olney makes the following observation about the post-firing Bobby Valentine: Rival officials believe that Bobby Valentine’s relatively muted response to his firing may be tied to some kind of financial incentive, which is not uncommon in the sport. In other words, people are sometimes paid to not criticize. Yes, non-disparagement clauses are common. Of course, given…
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Earlier today I mused about having NBC hire Ozzie Guillen. Maybe that’s a longshot. But Bobby Valentine actually LIVES in Stamford, Connecticut, where NBC Sports is based! And it may be his best option! On Bobby V inquiries:We’re happy with our current roster of MLB commentators and haven’t discussed options for 2013 at this time.…
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Making official what was reported as a done deal yesterday afternoon, the Red Sox just announced that Bobby Valentine has been fired as manager. Signed to a two-year, $5 million deal to replace Terry Francona, Valentine spent the year making headlines for all the wrong reasons and seemingly rubbed key players the wrong way almost…
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Report: Red Sox plan to fire Bobby Valentine immediately after season
Oct 3, 2012, 4:44 PM EDT
UPDATE: Looks like today’s headline-creating comments might be Valentine’s last as a Red Sox employee. Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports that “upper management intends to remove Valentine as manager soon after the season ends.” ========== Bobby Valentine appeared on local radio in Boston this afternoon, which means Bobby Valentine said something that made headlines this…
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Great Moments in Metaphors: Bobby Valentine crashes his bike while texting Dustin Pedroia
Oct 3, 2012, 9:40 AM EDT
And with this, I think Bobby Valentine’s season in Hell is complete: In the final days of one of the most painful seasons of his career, Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine on Tuesday lay entangled with his bicycle at the bottom of a ditch next to the Central Park Reservoir. On the wet, slippery path, Valentine was reading a…
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Bobby Valentine’s quotes and actions have gotten more erratic by the day. If he isn’t complaining about Alfredo Aceves and the rest of his “weakest roster ever,” he’s making a bizarre in-game choice, like inserting pinch-hitters mid-at-bat. That’s what he did in the seventh inning of a scoreless game today against the Blue Jays. Valentine…
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Bobby Valentine brings boxing gloves to radio show, plans to manage Red Sox in 2013 “and beyond”
Sep 12, 2012, 3:40 PM EDT
Last week Bobby Valentine made headlines for saying he wanted to punch WEEI radio host Glenn Ordway following what the Red Sox manager thought was an obnoxious question. Valentine was back on WEEI and Ordway’s show this afternoon and jokingly brought boxing gloves to the studio. In addition to proving (or at least attempting to…
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Bobby Valentine feels your pain Red Sox fans, having suffered along side you during the team’s struggles, but he says he’s still the best choice to manage the BoSox going forward.
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“Only three more weeks of this” – Bobby Valentine, after yesterday’s loss to the Jays. He probably only meant three more weeks to go in the season, but I assume he meant his managerial career too.
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Red Sox GM Ben Cherington had a talk with Bobby Valentine about his WEEI interview
Sep 5, 2012, 9:27 PM EDT
Bobby Valentine’s combative comments Wednesday afternoon on Boston sports radio station WEEI did not go unnoticed in the Red Sox front office. According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, Red Sox GM Ben Cherington had a “brief discussion” with Valentine before Wednesday night’s game against the Mariners. Cherington didn’t describe to Cafardo what was said…
