Tag Archives: Bobby “Assholeface” Valentine

October 4, 2012 · 5:45 AM

Tick Tock

Hopefully this clown is fired by lunchtime.

Yesterday I said if he stayed it meant the Sox were for sale. Well, even if the team is being sold it seems the Bobby V experiment is finally over.

How long will it take?

Last year, following the epic collapse it was days before we knew what was to become of Francona. This September’s roster was much different but the results were quite the same as the team finished with a worse finish than last year ending the season 7-22 this year, two more losses than last year’s failure.

But this failure was identified long before the season even started. They made no improvements in the off-season and then hired a manager we all knew wouldn’t be able to help. Could Dale Sveum been any better? We’ll never know since Uncle Larry blocked the hiring in favor of Bobby V, but you have to imagine it would have been a little better.

I’m hoping this move comes swiftly. I’m hoping that Puppet Ben and his string puller Uncle Larry are already in NY and meeting with Valentine. I’m hoping for swift action here. Can him, and get moving on a replacement.

But before we get all excited and think that’s the only problem, we need to be real. This team was basically a AA team at the end of the season. I think Pawtucket could have beat what the Sox were fielding at the end. They’re not a player or two away from winning the East, they now seem a few years away.

So while Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo were thanking the fans for sticking with them till the end last night on NESN all I could think was that next year will be more of the same barring huge roster turnover and some really good free agent signings. Since the team hasn’t signed a good free agent (Cody Ross the exception) that was a huge difference maker since Manny, I don’t see the team competing all of the sudden.

But at least we’ll move forward without stupid Bobby V. What a joke. Lucchino should be fired for that move alone, but he won’t. So buy your bricks, your Fenway 100 patches, along with the line of bull they spew on a regular basis. Just don’t buy that this team is going to be any good for a few years.

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October 3, 2012 · 5:53 AM

Fire or Sale?

I have made no secret on my love for the new kid in town (well not so new) 98.5 The Sports Hub. With the new job I’ll be starting soon I should get a decent hour with Toucher and Rich in the morning and at least an hour with Felger and Mazz in the afternoon.

Anyways, I bring these guys up again because Felger had a theory that Valentine would be fired before they went to NY. We see now that he was wrong. I personally was hoping he would have been right. I’ve made my feelings on Valentine very clear, I didn’t think he was the right guy for the job and shouldn’t have been hired in the first place. As you look at Buck Showalter in Baltimore and Davy Johnson in Washington hell even Dusty Baker in Cinci you see that the retread manager can work; if it’s the right one.

We knew before the season that Bobby V wasn’t the right one. As the team is now guaranteed to finish in the basement for the first time since 1992, you have to look to sack the manager.

The only way I say this doesn’t happen is if they’re really looking to sell the team. If they’re looking to sell, they want as many insecurities taken away as possible. Valentine would stay the manager so they’re not selling the team while paying Valentine to sit home.

Personally I want to wake up tomorrow morning and read a headline that says “Lucchino Sacked” since all the problems start with that ass clown but Vampire Henry has made it clear his buddy isn’t going anywhere. So I’ll take a small victory of Valentine being sacked. If he’s not, my suspicions that the team is heading for sale are more and more realistic. That would make me even happier since Lucchino would leave when this jackass ownership group leaves. Then can take their bricks with them.

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September 13, 2012 · 6:33 AM

Good Job Rich

“Obviously it’s been a tough year for the fans of the Red Sox and if you had to make your case to those fans as to why you should remain the manager of the Red Sox next year, what would you say to them?”

And like that Rich from 98.5 The Sports Hub, came out swinging. Enough of the poppycock with the sell out streak, bricks, Fenway 100 CD’s. bats etc. Finally a question asked that the fans want an answer to. Bobby didn’t go all Bryce Harper on him…

Instead Bobby answered the question, “I feel bad for those fans I don’t have to make a case to them though, I’ve suffered with them.”

Rich was quick to follow up, “But from the outside looking in what do you want to say to them in order to make them believe that if you were to stay next year would have a different result?”

“I’m the best man for the job.”

Whether I agree with the answer or not isn’t the point of the article. We all know where I stand on Valentine, wrong guy for the job and he and Uncle Larry should both be canned at season’s end. Just my stance.

Where I was going with this is ESPN.com’s slant on it. Gordon Edes, who I follow on Twitter and used to read in the Globe, came out and basically said in not so many words that Rich’s question was just a ploy to get ratings since their competition WEEI got Valentine to threaten their afternoon host, in jest mind you, with a punch in the face.

Bottom line Gordon, if you listened to these guys ever, you’d know it had nothing to do with ratings. It had to do with trying to get answers for the fans. Unlike the Red Sox that Edes covers, Toucher and Rich give a shit. They’ve done the same stuff with the Bruins and Celtics and gotten some really good radio from it. Hell, Brian Scalabrine can probably thank T&R for launching his broadcasting career.

So I encourage it. I encourage everyone and their mother to get a press pass and get in there and start asking real questions. Enough ball washing. Enough with local fans having to wait for the national media to break stories because you don’t want to want to shake up the “boys club”.

Hopefully this is just the start of what should be massive shake ups not just in the Sox but in all of baseball and sports. Like I said, enough ball washing and ego stroking; how about we start asking some tough questions (not implying Rich’s was tough) and get some answers.

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September 6, 2012 · 6:13 AM

Crashing And Burning

The Red Sox just wrapped up a 1-8 road trip out west. They have fallen further and further. They are now 12 games under .500 and sit a comfy 15 games out of first place behind the Yankees, Orioles, and Rays. They’re only 14 games out of the Wild Card.

What a mess.

We’ll thank God the Patriots are starting in a bit, but for now let’s focus on the Sox still.

Bobby Valentine graced the cover of Sports Illustrated in a cover feature about the collapse of the Red Sox. Remember it was just September 1st one year ago that they were the best team in baseball. And they’ve been in a downward spiral since.

Every time you think they’ve sunk lower, they find more ways to sink. After skipping Johnny Pesky’s funeral, they had of have reached bottom, right? Well, as far as the not caring they may have but on the field it’s clear they could get worse. The get swept in Anaheim, lose 20-2 in Oakland before getting swept out of there, take one of three in Seattle and limp home.

But yesterday I think the manager finally snapped. If you have time, click the link below and check out Bobby going off on WEEI yesterday. I haven’t listened to a talk show on that station in about 3 years since 98.5 The Sports Hub has been on the air, but this was great.


http://audio.weei.com/a/62126258/bobby-valentine-this-job-is-not-who-i-am-it-s-just-what-i-am.htm

Since I’m going to wear the Orioles hat I bought at Camden Yards when I saw the Sox down there a couple years ago for the rest of the baseball season, this is likely one of the last Sox columns you’re going to get.

But here’s my hope. They fire this guy sooner than later. They bring in a manager that can not only balance the veteran egos still here (Pedroia, Lackey, Ortiz if they re-sign him) but will also serve as a mentor and help the younger guys blossom into legit major league talent. I know we have to wait to see it happen but it’s clear this guy has checked out and is just waiting for the axe.

Back tomorrow with my week one NFL picks. I’ll admit right off the bat, I had the Giants last night. So 0-1 to start the season. And away we go.

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July 30, 2012 · 5:38 AM

I’ll Take This One

ESPN led their article on last night’s recap with the following:

Could a stirring, 10th-inning win, punctuated by Bobby V’s ejection, save the season for the Red Sox?

No. No it could not.

It’s time to seriously take stock in your team. You’re just back to .500. You’re in last place, 9.5 games out of the division. You’re 4 games out of the Wild Card spots. You’re starting up at Oakland (playing the hottest baseball in the AL), the Angels (who just got Zach Greinke at the deadline), along with divisional foes Baltimore, Toronto, and Tampa. Oh and Detroit who you start play with on Monday is sitting 3 games ahead of you in the standings.

Instead of conceding the season you have Uncle Larry sending letters to season ticket holders advising them not to give up. You haven’t heard about this? Well, thanks to my awesome Googling ability I’m able to supply you with an actual copy:

Can you imagine if any other major team in our market sent this letter? Just how naive does this assholeface Uncle Larry think the fans are? Apparently very. I’m this letter is not even worth the paper it’s written on. If I had got one of these in the mail I would use it as toilet paper on my next trip to America’s Most Beloved Ballpark.

Beloved by who fuckfaces? Rich people? People that watch the game on TV? It’s certainly not beloved by men that are taller than 5’6″ that have to cram themselves into a grandstand seat. Or sit in seats that don’t even face the action.

It’s not meant to be another I HATE FENWAY rant. It’s not. It is supposed to be a “STOP THE MADNESS” rant.

So how about we call a spade a spade. The season is a lost one. Your front office is a clusterfuck. The GM didn’t hire his own manager. The president did. The GM hired a pitching coach, and then the manager brought in his own. The decisions are being made by six different people, none of which communicate with each other.

You have an outfielder in Carl Crawford who’s a free agent bust. Period. Playing like a minor leaguer most of last season he hit the DL to start this season. As he’s ready to come off the DL turns out that Dr James Andrews says his elbow could blow up at any moment. He need Tommy John surgery. But this stupid management chooses to play him on a regular basis instead of letting him have surgery in the midst of a lost season. Why? Because they don’t want the fans to see their free agent signing is a bust.

Hey management, he’s a bust. We see it. So is Lachey and Matzucrappa while we’re talking about it.

So please, please, please, BLOW IT UP. Make some bold moves. Let Crawford have his surgery. Trade Beckett. Trade some of the outfielders. If someone calls you for a king’s ransom for Ellsbury, let them have him. Start listening to your REAL fan base that HATES Josh Beckett. Get him out of here. Work this off season to trade Lachey who the fans also hate. Let Dice-K walk in free agency. Let guys like Morales pitch. At least we know they still give a shit.

Firing Francona was like doing a bathroom remodel, removing the toilet and leaving the shit. It’s quite apparent the manager had little to do with it as the same core group of underachievers is still underachieving. I blame the players first and foremost and in a close second, Uncle Larry and Puppet Ben.

BLOW IT UP. The clock is ticking.

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