Clandestine campaign led to Valentine’s demise (The Japan Times)

First in a four-part series It was just about the time that Chiba Lotte Marines acting owner Akio Shigemitsu declared that Bobby Valentine could run his team “for life” that things began to go sour. Until then, the former Texas Rangers and New York Mets manager had been riding a wave of success that many commentators on Japanese baseball had thought impossible for a gaijin kantoku to attain.

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Clandestine campaign led to Valentine’s demise (The Japan Times)

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