Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston has a piece that caught me
eye…basically because I don’t like the Bobby as a manager. He says that the clubhouse is falling apart
in Beantown and writes: “David Ortiz publicly stated his support recently for the
manager, but another respected player on the team said privately that it was
all for show. That same player has gone weeks without speaking to Valentine and
said that the manager doesn’t have the support of “anyone” in the clubhouse.
..Valentine went out to the mound in Chicago for a visit with his pitcher and
all the infielders joined him for the conference except star second baseman Dustin Pedroira, who remained at his position."
Now comes a report from the Boston Herald, read HERE that says that Cody Ross was "bamboozled" by his benching from Bobby Valentine. Valentine chose Ryan Sweeney over Ross. It's clear to me, players are not happy and are quickly losing respect for Bobby Valentine.
Look, you lose respect for the manager and you go through
the motions, you really have problems as a club.
That basically means the players do what they want within the
framework of what the manager wants but there is no extra effort.
I’ve said it a ton of times, Bobby V hasn’t ever won
anything, yet, he’s continually held up on a pedestal in Major League
Baseball. He's the Uncle Rico of baseball, living in the past, be it winning a championship in another country...Japan, or bringing the Mets to the World Series...only to lose to the Yankees. He’s missed a lot in baseball,
it’s changed since he was in Japan…It almost sounds like the Sox would like him
back there right now. Good piece by
Edes. Well done and thanks for keeping us all in the loop.
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