I've been thinking about Bobby Valentine a bunch over the last week, especially considering the Yankee soap opera that Cory Lidle's awful accident erased from the headlines. I think Valentine's strengths as a manager outweigh his weaknesses.
I loved Valentine and always thought he got the shaft and even looked upon poorly despite basically runing the relief effort from Shea for at least a whole week before the government got off their ass post-9/11. Which has NOTHING to do with his managerial skills.
I wasn't really the same fan back then so I'm not sure how accurate my judgment of him as a manager would be.
That being said, I have a hard time imagining Jeter doing a single thing Bobby tells him too.
Hey, Texas has an opening. Ya never know.
Bobby is more of a Lookatme! kinda guy, I see him in Chi-town if anywhere around here.
http://bobbysway.jp/
http://baseballjapan.blogspot.com/
I wasn't really the same fan back then so I'm not sure how accurate my judgment of him as a manager would be.
That being said, I have a hard time imagining Jeter doing a single thing Bobby tells him too.
He's sort of like Billy without the violent alcoholic rage.
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