Trying out with Bobby Vee

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hey read this 3-part series by a former Mets farmhand auditioning for Bobby Vee's team in Japan. He gets pretty excited! With all the exclamations! But it's interesting!

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[Fman99]

I have trouble reading this! How much coffee has he had today?!?!

My brain hurts!

[metirish]

] Each team is allotted four roster spots for foreign players and they have the WHOLE world to choose from (Australia, Dominican, Korea, Puerto Rico, the US etc.)

Funny.


This is hilarious , Chase expects that the Continental check in girl would be impressed that he is flying to Japan....like she never checks in people going there , Chase is not one bit happy that he didn't get extra leg room for the flight....horror .

[metirish]

Thanks for the link , all said that was a fun read and Lambin seems like a good guy.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That would be really great to be driving an applicant back to his apartment and asking, "Now, where did the company put you up? Oh, right, of course. Edgy DC Avenue. I'll --- heh, heh --- get you right home."

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

As it turns out! There's more! Wow! I'm JACKED!

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[metirish]

Just finished reading parts three and four , if it's possible for me to like Bobby Valentine more than I did then reading this did it for me.

[dgwphotography]

I think this was ghost-written by SJR.

[Guest Number 6]

He's right about the toilets, those things are awesome. Plus, their website is hilarious (bare butts, probably NSFW): http://www.washlet.com

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nice. I wonder how luxury toilet seats will fare in this economy

[Guest Number 6]

Sales are likely clogged.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Chiba Lotte declines to offer Bobby V. an extension beyond 2009, making him a lame duck.

[metirish]

="Edgy DC"]Chiba Lotte declines to offer Bobby V. an extension beyond 2009, making him a lame duck.

] 2009 to be Valentine's last in Chiba Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Bobby Valentine, the first foreign-born manager to win the Japan Series, will leave the Chiba Lotte Marines after the 2009 season. "It's better this way, it gives me a year, and I'm looking forward to the season," Valentine told The Daily Yomiuri by telephone after team president Ryuzo Setoyama announced the team's decision in a meeting on Sunday. "They did something really good," Valentine said. "They said attendance was up over the past five seasons...revenue was up...the teams results in terms of wins and losses was up, and they thanked me for my contribution to that. And then Setoyama said the team needed a revolution." Valentine said Setoyama and a new regime will take over the front office functions and baseball operations that the skipper had once overseen. "This is going to be fun," Valentine said. "I'm not going to have to worry about where the players are going to be three years from now, or whether or not a turnstiles in center field is working." In the middle of this past season, Valentine said Setoyama had urged him to resign--which Setoyama denied. "Thinking of the team three years, five years down the road, we've mapped out a plan for a generational changing of the guard," Jiji Press reported Setoyama as saying. "During the season, some players expressed a desire that [Valentine] would concentrate completely on the games." Valentine said on Saturday, he came to Japan in the offseason to discuss player acquistions for next season and straighten out a mess concerning Doosan Bears infielder Kim Dong Ju. Valentine reportedly spoke to Kim's agent during Major League Baseball's recent winter meetings in Las Vegas. The club was apparently angry the skipper did so without informing the club. According to the Jiji report, Valentine apologized for doing so. But the principle purpose of Sunday's meeting seems to have been to push the skipper aside so Setoyama could undertake his "revolution." "He said he wanted to 'renovate' all the operations," Valentine said, "'teach everone in Lotte and in the front office and all of baseball.'" The Marines just missed out on a playoff berth, finishing a half-game back of the third-place Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Valentine said he was told when he left Japan that his contract situation from 2010 on would depend on results. With Valentine at the helm, the Marines won the Japan Series in 2005, finished one game shy of a Series berth in 2007 and missed the playoffs by a half a game in 2004. He previously managed the Marines to a surprising second-place finish in 1995 only to be fired at the end of the season. Despite that, Valentine maintained good relations with the son of the team's owner, and was brought back to manage in 2004, to the delight of the Marines fans. "At one time I was told I could have the job for life," said Valentine. "But apparently that has changed. "This is better. Now when someone calls in the middle of the season, I can talk to them." (Dec. 22, 2008)

[Benjamin Grimm]

If the Yankees miss the playoffs, or perhaps even if they exit early, in 2009, look for Bobby to be in the Bronx in 2010.

[smg58]

If the Japan thing doesn't work out, Lambin would be worth offering a minor-league deal and inviting to camp. His strikeout rate might be his undoing, but as a switch hitter with some pop who can play multiple positions, he could be a useful 25th man for somebody. Plus, he seems like an easy guy to root for.

[Guest 86-Dreamer]

the article twice mentions that Chiba missed qualifying for the playoffs by a half game. Do they not reschedule rainouts in Japan when there are playoff implications?

Yankee fans are probably not the only fans that would be interested in Bobby for 2010 if their team misses the playoffs in 2009 ....

[metirish]

There would be more than a few teams looking for an experienced skipper , Seattle with it's Japanese ownership and superstar might be a good fit.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, considering that they just signed a Japanese-American to run the team, and their superstar has slid down to "quality high-profile player," that ship may have just sailed.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

="Benjamin Grimm":1ujur9r9]If the Yankees miss the playoffs, or perhaps even if they exit early, in 2009, look for Bobby to be in the Bronx in 2010.[/quote:1ujur9r9] I would have welcomed him at Citi Field.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 23 2008 09:07 AM

I'd be glad to have him back, too, but I'm hoping that Jerry Manuel leads the Mets to the pennant in each of the next seven years, and if that happens there won't be an opening for a new manager for quite a while.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'd be glad to have him back, too, but I'm hoping that Jerry Manuel leads the Mets to the pennant in each of the next seven years, and if that happens there won't be an opening for a new manager for quite a while.