Mariners, Joe Girardi (Cotuit 1984) of the New York Yankees, Jim Tracy (Chatham 1976) of the Colorado Rockies and John Farrell (Hyannis 1982) of the Toronto Blue Jays, former pitching coach of the Red Sox. Valentine is the first Cape League grad to...

The reality is that nobody has any idea how this will work out, except that it will probably work out just about as well as Valentine's players perform. With the exception of the occasional Joe Kerrigan and Butch Hobson, there is a reservoir of...

Discipline and rules and things like that - it's just about right and wrong." Not since Kevin Kennedy left as manager after the 1996 season have the Red Sox had a manager who seems to enjoy the spotlight as much as Valentine. Jimy Williams, Joe...

Anybody who says that he, or she, thinks the Red Sox' new manager is the right man for the job, has proven one thing — he, or she, is clueless. And the same goes for anyone who thinks Bobby Valentine is the wrong man to succeed Terry Francona. The re

Warren Cromartie, Jerry White and the never-tobe-forgotten Bombo Rivera in the outfield, Gary Carter and Barry Foote behind the plate and Larry Parrish, Tony Bernazard and Pepe Frias in the infield. The pitching staff included Expo greats Steve Rogers,...