Red Sox Nation doesn’t have many fond memories of Bobby Valentine, but his popularity in Japan may send him back overseas.
WEEI’s Rob Bradford reports that the former Red Sox manager is on the short list of candidates being considered by President-elect Donald Trump for the position of US Ambassador to Japan.
Valentine managed seven years in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Mariners, where he became the first US born manager to win the Japan Series in 2005.
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