December 2011 archive

The Wonder of Bobby Valentine

Bobby Valentine in "The 1988 Presidential Race"

For the Non-Facebook Audience: Far be it for me to start a Photoshop contest, but we’ve heard so much about all the great things Bobby Valentine can do. How come no one’s bringing up the time he ran for president? Speaking of military history, what about when he helped establish the republic? This is what …

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Sometimes, Silence Is Smart

Bobby Valentine, Mo Vaughn, Steve Phillips

While preparing my thoughts on Bobby Valentine for a column, I dug into the New York Times archives to read up on Valentine’s incendiary 2002 exit from the New York Mets — until Thursday, his last job in the major leagues. There’s far more to discuss about it than I care to get into here, …

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