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La Russa retiring probably made Pujols reconsider a bit but at the same time everyone knew he was going to ask for an A-Rod like mega-contract.
I can see how Red Sox fans are upset over the Valentine hire because of it taking 2 months and him not even being an option until Theo left and started to go after all the potential managers the Red Sox wanted. At the same time Valentine does have a better track record with success than Francona had before he became the manager.
Detroit fans were begging the Red Sox ownership to take Lamont from them because of how bad he was for the team and hurt a potential playoff spot rival for the next season. Loosing Sveum was because management was too slow in negotiations which is why the Cubs swooped in to get him while they suddenly dropped interest for one of the coaches from the Rangers staff.
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