Bobby Valentine takes charge as Boston Red Sox new manager – MLB News
After multiple potential candidates and series of hectic interview sessions, the Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington has finally found a candidate to place at the managerial position. The Red Sox has introduced Bobby Valentine as their 45th
manager.
During a news conference at Fenway Park in Boston, the 61-year-old candidate was formally introduced as the manager under a two-year deal with team options for 2014 and 2015. Ben Cherington was satisfied on his decision.
He said. "I'm very confident we've found the right person in Bobby Valentine.”
Valentine will have a challenging job, as he has to take over the team, which received the biggest September-disaster this past season.
"This day is a special day. It's more than a special day. It's the beginning of a life that I think is going to extend beyond anything that I ever thought. The talent level of the players that we have, and this organization is a gift to anyone and I'm a
receiver of that gift."
Cherington interviewed about five to six candidates including some of the best in Major League Baseball. However, he considered Valentine the best match for the Red Sox camp. According to Cherington, Valentine has all the abilities that the Red Sox required
to remove the September-disaster tag in the next season.
Ben was already committed to hire Valentine as manager, but there were some candidates needed to be interviewed. Cherington said the club had conversations with many candidates, researched, searched and carried every process required to reach to best person
for the job.
Valentine has good experience as a manager at the big league level. He started his managerial career in 1985 with the Texas Rangers and then moved to Japanese club, Chiba Lotte Marines for one year. He then served New York Mets for seven years before going
back to Chiba in 2004. Now, Valentine has a tough job to complete.
The Red Sox was looking for as manager, as Terry Francona left the club in October, after facing humiliating defeats in September. The Red Sox lost 20 of their total 27 games in the month and dropped from the top of American League Division to the bottom.
The club’s general manager Theo Epstein also left in October to join Cubs as president of Baseball operations.
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