They hope it's a lucky Valentine.
"Bobby Valentine is the choice of the Red Sox, emerging from a long and convoluted search to become the 45th manager in franchise history....
The fiery and opinionated Valentine will bring a new dimension to the job after eight years of success under Terry Francona, who generally avoided the spotlight....
Valentine had the backing of influential team president Larry Lucchino....
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"For all the enemies Bobby Valentine has collected in his professional life - two national sports publications have cast him as "the most hated man in baseball" - the Sox have entrusted their underachieving team to a leader who has devoted decades to giving so much to so many that at times he has risked allowing his good works to interfere with his job....
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"Glowing words all around as Red Sox pass the torch" December 02, 2011|By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist
Nine weeks and one day after their season imploded at Camden Yards in Baltimore, the Red Sox finally stopped looking back and started looking ahead when they named Bobby Valentine as the franchise’s 45th manager late yesterday afternoon at Fenway Park.
“One of the best parts of today is that it brings some closure to 2011 and now we can look forward to 2012,’’ said new Sox general manager Ben Cherington. “Now we have a manager in place who is excited to be here and it feels like a fresh start.’’
My friend told me he wanted a guy named Sveum.
Already a lover's spat.
Valentine, a 61-year-old native of Stamford, Conn., with 40 years of professional baseball experience (15 seasons as a big league manager) is nothing like Terry Francona, Grady Little, or Jimy Williams. He’s a guy who’ll wear eye-black in the dugout. He’ll refer to himself in the third person. He’ll have an opinion on everything and he’ll make opponents try harder to beat the Red Sox. He will never be boring....
Then why am I bored by my Globe?
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As you can probably tell I'm not falling in love Globe again despite the Valentine.
