The media aren't going to get on him because he was the guy they were pushing for! Nick Cafardo, who I usually respect, really went overboard with his public campaign to hire him. And they are getting exactly what they wanted, lots of stuff to write about every day.
I think it was worth a try to send him back out. I'm sure that Cook was pushing for it. The Sox don't have an off-day until May 24, so I suspect he didn't want to burn out the bullpen, if he could avoid it, at the start of a stretch of 20 games in 20 days. But he certainly should have seen that it wasn't going to work earlier and yanked him. What a mess they are right now. Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2012 8:51 AM Subject: Re: Valentine's Fault Good point about the "mistakes" and experience. If I recall, he was specifically hired to avoid this sort of thing. I'm tired of the mea culpas. And I'm tired of the fact that the guy never really seems to be engaged in the game. On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]> wrote: Valentine is awful - I'm surprised folks haven't noticed this in the media (maybe because he was media and they are concerned about their own potential job market). He continues to say he's learning by mistakes - really - your supposedly an overly experience manager and yet you continue to talk about how you weren't prepared this year. Then you continue to make 'wrong' decisions during the game - while the players aren't performing like they should be - today was a definite reason why Valentine needs to go back into analyst work - not coaching what on paper is one of the top 3-4 teams in ALL baseball. > > > >On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Jess Hallock <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>I agree with you Ray, Valentine has to go. >> >> >>From: Ray Daniel Salemi >>Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 11:13 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: Valentine's Fault >> >>Oh my fucking God. I hadn't read this until now: >> >> >>"BOSTON -- Aaron Cook was pitching just fine. And then he took a spike to >>the knee that left a laceration so disgusting that catcher Jarrod >>Saltalamacchia said he could see the entire inside of Cook's leg. >>>But Cook had the wound wrapped up by the medical staff (so tight, he said, >>>his leg went numb) and tried toughing it out." >>I mean it's obvious. He sucked right after the injury, how was it that Valentine didn't take him out or at least have someone all warmed up? >>Valentine has got to go. >>Ray >> >> >> >>On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>Announcers were pretty shocked he stayed in >>> >>> >>>On Saturday, May 5, 2012, Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> >>>wrote: >>>> I'm sorry but after watching Cook hobble around today, I couldn't believe that he came back it an pitched. I completely blame Bobby Valentine for blowing this game. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>> -- >>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>> >>-- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. >>For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> >> -- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"Red Sox Citizens" group. >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>[email protected]. >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red >Sox Citizens" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
