Terry Francona broadcast last night?s Yankees-Red Sox game for ESPN, but before that the former Boston manager had what Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe describes as ?a long conversation with six players and bench coach Tim Bogar? in the Red Sox clubhouse Saturday.
Francona apparently feared that might upset the man who replaced him as manager, so he sent an apology to Bobby Valentine via text message.
?I didn?t think it was any big deal,? Valentine told Abraham. ?I didn?t see it. I wasn?t there partaking in the conversation. But what?s the big deal??
And then Sunday morning, as part of the usual pregame prep for ESPN, Francona and his announcing partners Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser met with Valentine. And according to Valentine the previous day?s clubhouse meeting and subsequent texting didn?t even come up.
Realistically this whole thing isn?t much of a story, but the real headline here is that Valentine turned down an opportunity to make a big deal out of something.
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