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>> let's see if they can do any better with a new manager. coming up next, mika's "must-read opinion pages." you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] this is steve. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts,
Tigers. >> stat geek. >> to boston, yesterday john farrell spent the last two seasons as blue jays' manager, and he took that same job with the red sox yesterday. he'll be the manager in fenway agreeing to a three-year deal to become the 46th manager in red sox history. but it was boston's former manager, bobby v., bobby valentine, who found himself back in the headlines last night. in an interview with bob costas on the nbc sports network, valentine used his first public comments since the day he was fired to call out david ortiz who valentine says chose to miss playing time not because of an...
Easy, chill out. i'm surprised that bobby v. spoke to that. >> do you feel like this relationship was doomed from the start when he called out those guys at the beginning of the season, now he's doing it after he left? >> not doomed from the start, doomed from about june 1st, though. >> yeah, but, i mean, the fans were trashing him from the second day, willie. from the second day. they were trashing bobby v. the sports radio talk shows up in boston, mike, you know, mike was talking about this from the beginning. the same team that quit on tito, the same team that had the biggest collapse in se...
Unfair -- i mean, this guy was set up. you talk about a patsy who was set up. this guy was set up with a team that had the worst september in baseball history, the biggest collapse. and the fans and the media turned on him day two. day two of his first season in. >> i would argue by noontime on day one. >> it's so unfair. >> he was dealt a terrible hand. there was no way he could win in quotation marks in any way imaginable, given the lousy roster that he was presented with, given the strife, the dissension on the team within the clubhouse. yeah. but a very interesting guy. >> worst record for...
We're very, very honored to have been there. don't say a bad word about it. >> i didn't say anything bad. >> memories that will last a lifetime. >> yes. >> and as far as baseball, memories that will last a lunchtime. >> exactly. >> but i have a prediction. you know, we're going to be in the hunt. >> i'm not losing hope. i don't give up. >> we've got great players. >> many of them are hurt, but they may come back. >> we'll be back. the sox will be back. just back off bobby v. must reads next. but first this announcement. >> what? >> continuing our commitment to education with starbucks. >> oh...