Former Blundering Red Sox Manager Could Be New U.S. Ambassador to Japan

We might not get Mitt Romney as secretary of state, but we could get a former Red Sox manager as U.S. ambassador to Japan.

Donald Trump's transition team is reportedly considering Bobby Valentine, the man in charge of one of the most embarrassing seasons in Red Sox history, for the job, multiple sources tell WEEI.

Valentine gained great notoriety in Japan during his long stint managing the Chiba Lotta Marines, even winning a championship there.

When reached by the New York Daily News Friday, Valentine said he hasn't been contacted by Trump's team.

Valentine, 66, is now the athletics director at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. He declined comment when WEEI reached him Thursday night.

WEEI says Valentine is friendly with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, both having attended the University of Southern California.

Valentine succeeded the ever-popular Terry Francona in the wake of the chicken-and-beer collapsing Sox of 2011. His squad put the "worst" in the worst-to-first team that won the World Series in 2013 with John Farrell in charge. Valentine was fired the day after the season ended — a season that was Boston's worst in nearly half a century.

Despite making the World Series with the Mets in 2000, his most memorable career moment probably came after being ejected from a game:

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