Bobby Valentine is in serious trouble.
The Red Sox have had their worst season in over a decade as they watch the rival Rays and Yankees make their push towards the postseason. You would have to go back to the 90s to see the last time the Red Sox looked this bad. Even though its Valentine’s first year, he has been criticized from the very beginning, with the jeers becoming louder after he drove out Kevin Youkilis to the White Sox—whom are having a far better season too.
His firing seems to be imminent, right around the corner after the season ends. But, he has a chance. He can redeem himself.
This Red Sox season can be saved.
The Red Sox go to Baltimore for three games and then go to New York to close out the season. If Bobby Valentine truly wants to keep his job and/or not be remembered as the bum that soiled the Red Sox name for the year of 2012, he must end the season on a high note by potentially eliminating/knocking down the Orioles and/or the Yankees with sweeps or taking 2 of 3. What better way to close out a disappointing season than taking down the two teams responsible for your disastrous 2011 finish? What better way to close out the year then karmaing it up on Baltimore and New York?
The Red Sox in 2011 were well on the way to the playoffs when the Yankees (among other teams) started shredding them in September, allowing for Tampa to creep up. And on the last day, the Orioles knocked them out in a dramatic finish, leading to the Rays beating the I’m-not-trying-that-hard New York Yankees. Before you know it, Boston was in pure shock and disarray. The GM and manager took off running, leaving expensive players and an extremely uncertain future behind. Bobby Valentine tried picking up the pieces, but injuries, bad luck, dismal defeats, questionable decisions, and a crazy mid-season trade all but ruined the entire year.
Bobby Valentine needs to reach deep into his soul and find all his best tricks of the trade to make sure they can get the job done. The road to winning Boston’s heart lies in ruining the rest of the East Coast, starting from Tampa and heading north to the Bronx. He isn’t a bad manager, he just had the wrong first impression and to be honest his personality doesn’t mesh with the blue-collar environment. The solution to salvation is very simple:
To Win the Sox, you must Beat the Bronx.
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