Bobby Valentine
FameRank: 6

"As player"

* Los Angeles Dodgers

* California Angels (–)

* San Diego Padres (–)

* New York Mets (–)

* Seattle Mariners

"As Manager"

* Texas Rangers (baseball)/Texas Rangers (–)

* Chiba Lotte Marines

* New York Mets (-)

* Chiba Lotte Marines (–)

* Boston Red Sox

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* 2002 Branch Rickey Award

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"Robert John "Bobby" Valentine" (born May 13, 1950) nicknamed ""Bobby V"" is a former American professional baseball player and Manager (baseball)/manager. He is currently the athletic director at Sacred Heart University. Valentine played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1969, 1971–1972), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim/California Angels (1973–1975), New York Mets (1977–1978), and Seattle Mariners (1979) in MLB. He managed the Texas Rangers (baseball)/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).

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Unique, ... That wasn't that terrible of a team, I guess.

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Watching our guys all season and the World Series on TV, I can tell you the level of play is equal. Such a competition would be great, and it's time to do battle.

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It's not a pretty sight at the beach. But it only hurts when I go skiing. I'm less than 100 percent, but I can make a pitching change and argue with an umpire. And that's all I need to do.

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I've lived that lifetime of doing it and regretting it. But not at all now. It was, what? Thirty years ago?

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I don't think either team should have lost. The Hawks are a great team and the Marines are a great team and I congratulate everyone in the organization.

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I only know what I read [in the press].

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This is a very good team. Everyone has done what they needed to do to get here.

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I was a speed, stolen base, agility kind of guy. I lost my balance and my ability to be something special.

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I'd just tell him, `Great catch,' ... He looked like he was being careful. He knew where he was at the time and place and that he was going to miss it or catch it and not injure himself. My situation was different. I wasn't under control like him and my angle was different-I was going straight back. It could happen (to Ichiro), if he weren't so controlled and graceful.

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