Last week Bobby Valentine made headlines for saying he wanted to punch WEEI radio host Glenn Ordway following what the Red Sox manager thought was an obnoxious question.
Valentine was back on WEEI and Ordway?s show this afternoon and jokingly brought boxing gloves to the studio.
In addition to proving (or at least attempting to show) that he?s a good sport Valentine also said he plans to manage the Red Sox in 2013 ?and beyond? amid speculation that he?ll be fired after the season.
Here?s the full quote, via Paul Flannery of WEEI.com:
It?s not up to me, but I think I will be, yeah. And beyond. Why would I say that I want to be here for 2013 as though that?s going to be the end of something? That will be the continuation and hopefully the beginning of something really special. Why would I think it?s going to be a year?s job?
Well, for starters because Valentine?s contract has one more year on it. But whatever.
He was also asked about Kevin Youkilis being traded to the White Sox following a reported feud with Valentine and noted that Youkilis? batting average hasn?t risen since the deal, saying: ?I just want to point out that I?m not the reason he was batting .238.?
That?s technically true. Youkils had a .233 batting average for the Red Sox and has a .234 batting average for the White Sox. Of course, his OPS has risen 100 points since the trade and he?s homered 12 times in 61 games for Chicago.
There?s more potentially quotable stuff from the radio interview, but I?m just about Valentine?d out.
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