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Originally Posted by molson
The guy gets suspended for throwing a tantrum over not being the closer, then they let him close his first day back and the blows the save. The 2012 Red Sox!
On the bright side, every day Josh Beckett is playing for a different team still FEELS like a win, I think that honeymoon period will last a while yet.
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Last night's ninth was weird, and the Angels' announcers brought it up. Valentine diodn't even have anyone warming up during the top of the ninth to get someone ready in place for Aceves, and didn't even get one started, I don't think until the Angels got two runners on. He only walked up to the dugout steps on the questionable HBP call on Aybar. Just odd decisions.
And that was after last week's series, where the Angels announcers noted Valentine didn't jump to do a thing last week on any controversy call at all (they specifically brought up a questionable homerun the Angels hit; I forget which one it was, but it was one the umps could have reviewed).
To my mind, it seems to me that Valentine knows the team has cashed in its chips on the season, and has basically sided with him against the players. And that he's just playing out the string to get to the offseason, so that they can get "his" players into the organization.
I am still struggling to understand how a guy like Valentine can acquire that much influence so fast.