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yaki-udon
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I was a member of the Chiba Lotte Marines fan club when Bobby Valentine was in charge of the team. He revolutionized Japanese baseball. I respect him as much as I respect Matthew C. Perry.
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Foxaika
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 8:31 pm |
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| Yaki-udon wrote: | | I was a member of the Chiba Lotte Marines fan club when Bobby Valentine was in charge of the team. He revolutionized Japanese baseball. I respect him as much as I respect Matthew C. Perry. |
Interestingly enough, when Valentine returned to manage the Red Sox, he was basically despised by everyone. He was fired the next season.
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enurtsol
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 7:37 am |
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| Foxaika wrote: | | Yaki-udon wrote: | |
I was a member of the Chiba Lotte Marines fan club when Bobby Valentine was in charge of the team. He revolutionized Japanese baseball. I respect him as much as I respect Matthew C. Perry. |
Interestingly enough, when Valentine returned to manage the Red Sox, he was basically despised by everyone. He was fired the next season. |
He was a maverick. Worked well in Japan; worked well with the young Mets; didn't work as well with Red Sox full of veterans.
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Michael Nathanael T.
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 8:38 am |
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I want to get arrested by that Yukinoshita Yukino police officer.
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Foxaika
Joined: 28 Apr 2015
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 3:11 pm |
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| enurtsol wrote: | |
He was a maverick. Worked well in Japan; worked well with the young Mets; didn't work as well with Red Sox full of veterans. |
I think he got blamed for a lot of what was going on with the club also. There was a lot of scrutiny on him from day one, and every little thing was blown out of proportion. Unfortunate, really.
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_Cyphon_
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 4:04 pm |
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I'm still not over how they changed Hikki. 
But looks cool.
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