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Sunday, January 04, 2009

Bobby Valentine searches for his next great challenge

“Japan is not like the United States. You don’t have one meeting, throw ideas out on the table and things get implemented immediately,” Valentine said. “Things aren’t said and then done. The weight of tradition is such that any new idea is tested over and over and over. And then ... maybe ... it’s adopted.

“I’ve always been a kick the wall down type of guy,” Valentine continued. “It’s difficult in Japan. There is resistance all along the way. My thought is that Japanese baseball belongs to the Japanese people. Not up to the hierarchy of the sport to make all the decisions. I make decisions during the nine innings of each game. But the rest of my ideas become mere suggestions.”

...Valentine also thinks it’s not too late for Major League Baseball to reach that next generation of players and young fans. Even in the face of playoff games and Sunday Night baseball that ends around midnight when kids are asleep.

“Yes, we need to create interest in baseball when kids are young. Kids can play in places like this Academy when it’s dark and cold in the Northeast,” Valentine said. “It saddens me that the World Series is on TV so late in the East. But I have high hopes for the MLB Network that will be the future. The MLB television network will be a forum where kids can see baseball and learn about baseball 24 hours a day. It will be available to kids at hours when they are awake. The MLB Network people get it.”

and the “Wrapping with Bobby V.!” talk show will be starting in…

Repoz Posted: January 04, 2009 at 10:56 PM | 4 comment(s)
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   1. Tripon  Posted: January 04, 2009 at 11:25 PM (#3043257)
Sounds like a man itching to get back to the U.S. There should be an opening with the Yankees after 2009 ends.
   2. McCoy  Posted: January 04, 2009 at 11:57 PM (#3043271)
I truly how many "new" fans would be created if the playoffs were played earlier in the day. This isn't 1954 and barely any games are aired. It is 2009, all the games are televised. Kids can watch the local team, they can watch other teams, they can listen on the net, they can watch on the net. Why would some kid from Wheaton become a fan of baseball because the Phillies played the Rays at noon instead of at 8 at night? 4 or 5 games is really going to turn some kid into a fan? The 350 some odd games he could have watched during the regular season didn't do it but those handful of games will?
   3. Roadblock Jones  Posted: January 05, 2009 at 09:44 AM (#3043400)
I agree with No. 1. This will be torture for Mets fans.
   4. Van Lingle Mungo Jerry  Posted: January 05, 2009 at 10:19 AM (#3043424)
The Jets might be interested.
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