Bobby Valentine
Bobby Valentine
Robert John Valentine, nicknamed "Bobby V", is a former American professional baseball player and manager. He is currently the athletic director at Sacred Heart University. Valentine played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, New York Mets, and Seattle Marinersin MLB. He managed the Texas Rangers, the New York Mets, and the Boston Red Soxof MLB, as well as the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 May 1950
CityStamford, CT
ball fell hit seemed time
Every time we hit the ball it seemed to be right at someone and it seemed like every time they hit the ball it fell in a hole.
lifetime lived regretting thirty
I've lived that lifetime of doing it and regretting it. But not at all now. It was, what? Thirty years ago?
gave guys spark
I wanted to get a little spark from the young guys and they gave it to us.
base coming mike rule third
Rule No. 1 is you don't make the third out at third base with Mike Piazza coming up.
general manager reported room
I was in a room with my general manager and afterward someone reported not what I said, but what someone who wasn't in the room said.
adjective baseball figuring help learning pitchers understanding verb
Understanding the use of an adjective or an adverb and figuring out verb tenses won't help you play baseball in the States. It's all about learning pitchers and teammates.
guts losing
When you are in a losing streak, it showed a lot of guts to come back after that two-run homer.
quite stuck
It stuck with me for quite a while,
terrible
Unique, ... That wasn't that terrible of a team, I guess.
dream game last spring training win
We started in spring training with a dream to be here for the last game. We wanted to win the last game and we did.
follow hot last spot
Koga put him in the No. 1 spot last year, and he got hot after that. I thought I'd follow suit.
hate opportunity
Because it worked, it was very meaningful. Because I'm 55 and maybe, the way things are changing, I probably won't have an opportunity like that here. I like that. I hate to say it, but I like that.
game remember
I remember in the minors, once there was a sandstorm and the game got sanded out, ... But never fog.
anywhere contract manage might next offered talk
I haven't been offered a contract to manage anywhere next year, so any talk on where I might manage would be premature.