Red Sox Hire Bobby Valentine as Manager: The Boston Red Sox have hired Bobby Valentine to succeed Terry Francona as manager. Valentine, 61, managed the Texas Rangers, New York Mets and Chiba Lotte Marines. In 15 years as a Major League manager his teams never finished higher in the division than second, but his 2000 Mets team reached the World Series. Tommy Lasorda's take: "They won't be drinking beer and eating chicken in clubhouse again, I guarantee you that."

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