Bobby Won't Be Marlins' Valentine: Report
Sports Illustrated says Bobby Valentine is no longer in the mix, Valentine says he isn't eliminated
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Bobby Valentine as manager of the New York Mets.
On Friday, ESPN reported that the Marlins had reached a tentative agreement with Bobby Valentine. Sports Illustrated announced he had been hired and would start Monday.
Now, Sports Illustrated says he's out of the running ("My bad on Friday!"). Fox says it's off due to "philosophical differences." And Valentine, for his part, says it isn't, or at least he doesn't "think so."
Valentine said on ESPN Sunday night that said he was still “in the process” with the Marlins. Another source with knowledge of his situation said he was “definitely in talks” with the team.If Valentine indeed is out of the Marlins’ plans — a development first reported by SI.com — it would represent a stunning turnaround for a franchise that had seemingly every intention of hiring him.
Even the impasse between Valentine and the Marlins is generating conflicting accounts.
A nation, meanwhile, ceased paying attention, because obviously NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING. And whoever winds up with the job (our money's still on Valentine) will labor under too high expectations anyway and then the process starts all over.
So here's our suggestion: just rotate various students of the week at local elementary schools through there. They wouldn't actually get to make any lineup changes, but they could sit in the dugout and say "good job!" and scold Hanley when he isn't trying hard enough. TV cameras would love it. Then, each night, Jeffrey Loria could sate his thirst for blood by not just firing anyone, but firing an actual, fresh-faced, hopeful child.
We've imagined his baseball-killing bucket list, and that's got to be the only thing left.
Janie Campbell is a Florida native who believes in the pro-set and ballpark hot dogs. Her work has appeared in irreverent sports sites around the internet.
