TROUBLE FOR BOBBY V IN BEANTOWN?

All Yankee fans are not fond of Booby Valentine. Plus, there are a ton of  Red Sox fans that don’t like Bobby either. I’m going to suggest something, being a Yankee fan…I agree with all them, we are in concert on this one.  I have never liked him as a manager but more than that, I think I just don’t like the fact that the baseball world think his word is law when it comes to sports analysis. I don't get it.  I still don’t get why Michael Kay has him on as a guest every week on his radio show. What could Bobby Valentine add? Have a Yankee on regularly.  Have a former Yankee on regularly...no one in New York wants to hear from Bobby V. Come on Michael, it's strange! True, Kay’s entitled to do what he wants and he doesn’t have to listen to little me. 

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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