BALTIMORE (AP) - Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine expressed surprise over a
report that several Boston players met with team owner John Henry and team
president Larry Lucchino last month to complain about the manager's handling of
the team.
According to Yahoo! Sports, Adrian Gonzalez and Dustin Pedroia were "the most
vocal" at a July 27 meeting in New York.
Asked about the meeting, Valentine said Tuesday, "I'm glad July is over
because they are still playing for me. I don't know what issues they might be
referring to. Dustin and I talked. That's a meeting I had. But I don't know if
it was in July."
After Valentine's pregame session with reporters, Pedroia and Gonzalez
refused comment and said they might not talk to the media for the rest of the
season.
