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Bosox to Bobby: don't be our Valentine
BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox thought Bobby Valentine would restore order to a coddled clubhouse that disintegrated during the 2011 pennant race.
Instead, he only caused more problems. The brash and confident manager was fired Thursday, after a season beset with internal sniping and too many losses. Valentine went 69-93, the ballclub's worst year in almost 50 years.
"I understand this decision," Valentine said in a statement. "This year in Boston has been an incredible experience for me, but I am as disappointed in the results as are ownership and the great fans of Red Sox Nation."
A baseball savant who won the NL pennant with the New York Mets and won it all in Japan, Valentine was brought in after two-time World Series champion Terry Francona lost control of the clubhouse during an unprecedented September collapse.
But the players who took advantage of Francona's hands-off approach to gorge on fried chicken and beer during games bristled at Valentine's abrasive style.
More importantly, they didn't win for him, either.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 5, 2012 C10
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