Bo Sox hire Bobby V

[Irish Man3]

ESPN reporting. As a Bo Sox fan, I'm in the air on the hire right now.

 

[NYIrish14]

He's a solid manager. He managed some pretty good Met's teams before he went over to Japan, where he had alot of success apparently. Its a shame though, I really liked Bobby V. Now he's the enemy.

 

[PatsandBostonfan1975]

Not sure what to think about this hire . I will say this really knows his stuff and speaks with alot of passion.

 

[FrankMA]

ESPN reporting. As a Bo Sox fan, I'm in the air on the hire right now.

As a fellow Bo Sox fan, I am not happy about the hire. Bobby V. is a lifetime 2nd place finisher as a manager. Who needs someone like that?

 

[Me2SouthBend]

I'm sure he'll keep it interesting for those of us in the fan base. Like him or not (at this point I don't know whether I like him, check back in Aug), he does know baseball. Clearly this says that New GM Cherington doesn't have the same clout in front office that Theo had. This is Luchino's guy.

 

[Rack Em]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[GreatGolson]

86 more years of winter for our beloved sox.... brace yourselves gents, i sure am.

 

[BeauBenken]

Who is Bobby V?

I don't really know baseball...at all.

 

[military_irish]

Who is Bobby V?

I don't really know baseball...at all.

Bobby Valentine

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Bobby Valentine

 

[BGIF]

Who is Bobby V?

I don't really know baseball...at all.

60's Rock n Roll singer. dshans has all his 8 tracks.

 

[PJWhitfield]

At least Boston hired somebody who has experience managing. What's with the Cardinals (Matheny, zero experience) and White Sox (Ventura, zero experience)?

 

[Rhode Irish]

ugh.

 

[BGIF]

Red Sox to name Bobby Valentine manager - CBSSports.com
By Matt Snyder
11/29

Bobby Valentine will be named the next manager of the Boston Red Sox, the Associated Press reports, capping off one of the weirdest managerial searches in recent memory.

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Valentine, 61, managed the Rangers for parts of eight seasons and then the Mets for parts of seven seasons. He won two NL wild cards and one NL pennant with the Mets and has 1,117 wins against 1,072 losses in his managerial career. Valentine also served as a manager in Japan for several years and is currently a baseball analyst for ESPN -- a position he'll obvious leave to take the Red Sox job.

Valentine has a huge contingent of fans who seem to hate him while others love him. He once wore a "disguise" (a fake mustache) in the dugout after being ejected from a game and has always been rather boisterous. Now he'll be the head of one of the most polarizing teams in baseball that is coming off an epic collapse followed by a nightmare of an early offseason.

Basically, if nothing else, this is going to be entertaining.

 

[NDinFL]

As a fellow Bo Sox fan, I am not happy about the hire. Bobby V. is a lifetime 2nd place finisher as a manager. Who needs someone like that?

I halfway understand an answer like this.

What if Kansas City hired him? Bosoxers would say, "great hire"

However since the Beantown hired him, the general consensus is that he, "isn't good enough"?

What kind of pedigree did Francona have before he got to Boston?

 

[Who'saWildManNow]

A baseball manager is as much a psychiatrist as a manager IMO. The first priority is to keep the diva's in check and the overall team chemistry flowing then secondly manage the lineup/strategies. At least that's how I've seen it as a Yankee fan my whole life.

Bobby V will do well enough to put the BoSox "stars" in position to win. The rest is up to them.

 

[rtrn2glory]

i'm not a big fan of the hire either...i think they obviously wanted to bring in someone with a totally different personality than francona, so this is going to be a giant shift. i really was hoping they would have reached out to mike maddux a little harder. he would be able to balance out what we have on the rotation currently and even maybe help our chances of landing cj wilson.

not sure if he's a "players" manager, it'll be interesting to see how this helps us out in free agency.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

i'm not a big fan of the hire either...i think they obviously wanted to bring in someone with a totally different personality than francona, so this is going to be a giant shift. i really was hoping they would have reached out to mike maddux a little harder. he would be able to balance out what we have on the rotation currently and even maybe help our chances of landing cj wilson.

not sure if he's a "players" manager, it'll be interesting to see how this helps us out in free agency.

I believe they did reach out to Mike Maddux although I'm not even sure they got to the interview phase with him. Help with our chances to land CJ Wilson? Talk about someone who is about to be over paid in free agency. No thanks. I would rather they pursue Matt Garza (who used to kill the Sox when he was with the Rays) as part of compensation for Theo, which is currently being discussed (prospects in return) and bring in Roy Oswalt as a #5 starter on a short term deal. This would bring veteran leadership from proven guys. I'm not sold on Bobby V yet either, but as someone pointed out earlier, Francona had no previous success.

 

[irishff1014]

Bobby won't put up with th **** in the club house Francona did. I like this sign. Not to mention he has alot of ties to the international market for players.

 

[FrankMA]

I halfway understand an answer like this.

What if Kansas City hired him? Bosoxers would say, "great hire"

However since the Beantown hired him, the general consensus is that he, "isn't good enough"?

What kind of pedigree did Francona have before he got to Boston?

I guess it is kind of like ND, you hope to hire Urban Meyer and you end up with a Davie, Willingham, and Weis.
You want to have a Joe Madden or Tony Larusa but end up with a Bobby V. whose teams are constantly underachieving. I guess the Sox had to settle for him after the top managers turned them down. Like ND settled when Urban turned them down.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

If he wins, I'll like the hire.

 

[BGIF]

I guess it is kind of like ND, you hope to hire Urban Meyer and you end up with a Davie, Willingham, and Weis.
You want to have a Joe Madden or Tony Larusa but end up with a Bobby V. whose teams are constantly underachieving. I guess the Sox had to settle for him after the top managers turned them down. Like ND settled when Urban turned them down.

Sounds like a perfect fit.