- Bobby V tell us his stories from his book, Valentine’s Way
- Transition from Player to Manager
- Roving instructor in Minor Leagues to coaching 3rd base on NY Mets
- Texas Rangers bringing in Analytics
- Bringing in Tom Howe as Strength & Conditioning coach for Rangers
- Introducing Pitch Count as a tool to Extend Nolan Ryan’s career
- Goose Gossage from Plant City
- Working with Steve Buechelle & Tom Grieve
- Bobby V works to build a new stadium for Texas
- Teams needing a new stadium used Tampa as a tease to where they may move
- 1st non-Japanese person to manage a team in Japan w/ Chiba Lotte Marines
- Managed the New York Mets for 7 years
- Now advising the GM for the LA Angels seeing Mike Trout & Shohei Ohtani everyday
- Left Japan for Mets offer. The offer was not as initially advertised
- Bobby’s journeys with Mentor & Friend, Tommy Lasorda with travels from Ogden Utah, Spokane, Dominican Republic, Santa Domingo, Venezuela & Caracas
- Tommy Lasorda joins Bobby V at the All-Star game & avoids collision with the bat of Vladimir Guerrero Sr.
- Giants Defensive End & Hall of Famer, Andrew Robustelli introduces Bobby to Tom Landry
- “Make sure your coaches speak your language” - advice from Tom Landry to keep your lines of communication open with your coaching staff.
- Japan ritual after winning - hoist manager into the air 3x as symbol of trust and being together.
- 100 Fenway - Boston brought in to weed out the weak, clean up the mess, chicken & beer & dissension.
- Director of Athletics at Sacred Heart University
- Now active with the Los Angeles Angels
- Passion is what you want to follow - What you are good as it what you should pursue.
Baseball sports book, Valentine’s Way by Bobby Valentine is available in hardback & Kindle formats
https://www.amazon.com/Valentines-Way-Adventurous-Life-Times/dp/1637580940/ref=monarch_sidesheet
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