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Robert John "Bobby" Valentine (born May 13, 1950)
nicknamed "Bobby V" or "Big Daddy V" is a former American
professional baseball player and manager. He is currently the athletic director
at the Sacred Heart University. Valentine played for the Los Angeles Dodgers
(1969, 1971–1972), California Angels (1973–1975), New York Mets (1977–1978),
and Seattle Mariners (1979) in MLB. He managed the Texas Rangers (1985–1992)
and the New York Mets (1996–2002) of MLB, as well as the Chiba Lotte Marines of
Nippon Professional Baseball (1995, 2004–2009), and Boston Red Sox (2012).
Valentine has also served as the Director of Public Safety
& Health for the city of Stamford, Connecticut and an analyst for ESPN
Sunday Night Baseball.In February 2013, CBSSports.com hired Bobby Valentine to
represent its industry-leading Fantasy Sports business,including running an
innovative viral marketing campaign in which he made fun of the many times he
was fired in his career and gave fans a chance to "Hire or Fire Bobby V"
one more time.[3]Valentine was born in Stamford Connecticut to Joseph and Grace
Valentine. Valentine was widely recruited out of Rippowam High School in
Stamford, Connecticut by the University of Nebraska, Duke University, the
University of Notre Dame and the University of Southern California as a star in
football and baseball. He attended USC where he became a member of the Sigma
Chi Fraternity. The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted him number five overall in the
1968 Major League Baseball Draft.
After winning the Pioneer League's MVP award with the Ogden
Dodgers in 1968, Valentine debuted with the Dodgers as a September call-up in
1969 at only 19 years old. Though he never recorded a major league at-bat that
season, he did score three runs as a pinch runner.
Back in the Pacific Coast League for 1970, Valentine was
again his league's MVP after batting .340 with fourteen home runs for the
Spokane Indians. Led by Valentine and manager Tommy Lasorda, Spokane won the
league championship over a legendary Hawaii Islanders powerhouse.
Valentine made the Dodgers out of Spring training in 1971,
and batted .249 with one home run and 25 runs batted in. The following season,
he managed to play in 119 games by playing many different positions—including
shortstop, second base, third and all three outfield positions. His batting
average improved to .274 in 1972, but he was not showing his early promise as a
major leaguer, and following the season, he was packaged in a trade along with
Frank Robinson, Billy Grabarkewitz, Bill Singer and Mike Strahler to the
California Angels for Andy Messersmith and Ken McMullen.
California Angels
Valentine batted .302 his first season with the Angels
before falling victim to a gruesome injury. On May 17, 1973, Valentine suffered
a multiple compound leg fracture at Anaheim Stadium when his spikes got caught
in the outfield's chain link fence while attempting to catch a home run ball
hit by Dick Green. Valentine missed the remainder of the 1973 season and the
leg never healed properly, robbing Valentine of his speed. In 1974, Valentine
made 414 plate appearances in the utility role, the second most of his career,
and batted .261 with three home runs. At the end of the 1975 season, he was
traded to the San Diego Padres.
"Saturday Night Massacre"
Valentine only appeared in 66 games for the Padres when he
was part of New York's infamous "Saturday Night Massacre." On June
15, 1977, the New York Mets traded Dave Kingman to the San Diego Padres for
minor league pitcher Paul Siebert and Valentine, sent Tom Seaver to the
Cincinnati Reds for Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson and Dan Norman, and
Mike Phillips to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joel Youngblood.
Seattle Mariners
Valentine's role with the Mets became even more limited, and
he was released in Spring training, 1979. He signed with the Seattle Mariners
shortly afterwards, and made his debut as a catcher that season. Following the
season, he retired from baseball at 29 years of age.
Managerial career
Texas Rangers
Valentine was serving as third base coach for the Mets when
he was tapped by the Texas Rangers to take over managing duties from Doug Rader
32 games into the 1985 season. He was not able to turn the team's fortunes
around right away and the Rangers went 53–76 the rest of the way, finishing
with an overall record of 62–99. The following season the Rangers finished
second in the American League West with a record of 87–75. Valentine also
finished second for AL Manager of the Year that year. Hopes were high in
Arlington after the 1986 season, but his Rangers fell back into sixth place the
following two seasons. Unable to replicate his early success, Valentine was
fired by managing partner George W. Bush halfway through the 1992 season with a
record of 45–41. Toby Harrah took over as manager, and led the Rangers to a
77–85 record and a fourth place finish.
Norfolk Tides
In 1994, Valentine managed the Mets' Triple-A affiliate, the
Norfolk Tides. Bobby led the Tides to a 67-75 record, which was good for fourth
in the five-team West Division of the International League.
Chiba Lotte Marines
In 1995, Valentine began his first stint as manager of the
Chiba Lotte Marines in the Japanese Pacific League. That season, the team
surprised most Japanese baseball fans by finishing in second place (69–58–3), a
remarkable feat for the Marines who had not won the Japanese Pacific league
pennant since 1974. However, he was fired abruptly due to the personal conflict
with general manager Tatsuro Hirooka,despite having a two-year contract.
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