Health & Fitness
Stop Booing Bobby Valentine
Long time supporter of the Boston Red Sox says when we boo the new manager, Bobby Valentine, we are booing the wrong man.
Alright, so all things Red Sox are very bad as confirmed by headlines in the April 22nd Globe sports section: “A total disaster for Sox”; “Bad times never seemed so bad…"; and “Imploding bullpen should be blown up.” In case you were smart enough to avoid the Red Sox and Yankees’ game Saturday yesterday, the Sox were up 9-0, manager Bobby Valentine took starting pitcher Felix Doubront out in the 6th, and the bullpen gave up 14 runs. I watched until the worm turned, so I only know about the escalating booing of Valentine from the Globe.
Why boo this man? Is it his fault that there were only three viable starters on the roster in spring training, that the new closer would be on the DL before the season started, that to compensate for these shortages good reliable bullpen fellows were converted to starters or to a closer? If I had a chance to boo, first it would be Josh Beckett for insufficient contrition regarding the 2011 season and then owner John Henry for not securing more starters.
But today I boo no one, and instead read from a chapbook by RISD English professor, Mairéad Byrne, The Best of (What’s Left Of) Heaven. The Red Sox cannot bring me down if I stop counting on them to lift me up.
