Turning boozehounds and bad attitudes into competitive and team oriented baseball players will be no easy task, even for Bobby Valentine.
It is no secret that the newly minted Red Sox manager will have his hands full in Boston. And the sports world will be watching as Valentine once again aims to clean up another mess of a team like he did with that other New York team, the Mets back from 1998-2000.
Back in his Mets days it was for New York bragging rights, at a time when the Yankees were the sports worlds favorite sons.
Now with Boston the odds are not as stacked against Valentine because the Red Sox have the talent to win but do they have the heart is the question.
Valentine does have one familiarity that relates to both his past and future tenure, and that is the New York Yankees.
The last time he was in an MLB uniform as the Mets skipper, he saw the Yankees win the World Series for the 26th time.
And now, in his MLB return, Valentine has signed on to wear a uniform that is about as anti-Yankee, a Red Sox one that still has beer on it from 2011.
So, all the recent comments out of Valentine’s mouth are expected, and understandably have pissed off a lot of Yankee fans for good reason, myself included. Continue reading ‘New York Yankees: Deja vu for Bobby Valentine’ »

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