Bobby has immersed himself into the Japanese culture. He loves Japanese food and studies Japanese for at least an hour every day. In the spring, he frequents Japan's much-adored cherry trees. In July, during his first weekend off in nearly four months (it was the All-Star break), he climbed Mt. Fuji. When the season was over, and it seemed as if Bobby would head back home for his month and a half off, he instead took a three day jaunt across Japan: from a boy band concert in southern Japan (he appeared in a music video with the band) to a fire festival in Osaka.As I've mentioned before, Bobby Valentine sounds like a really neat guy. Regardless of what he was when we all knew him back when he was with the Rangers and Mets, he seems to have had a life-changing experience since moving to Japan. I think I'm gonna watch this thing.
Bobby has become notorious for riding his bicycle everywhere. After only a year of coaching in Japan, Bobby's coaches picked up on his love to ride and bought him a bike that he could bring everywhere the team traveled. It was always a sight to see the team bus being loaded/unloaded: there were bags, bats, gloves, and Bobby's bike. We quickly caught on. In the summer, we imported a tandem bicycle from Hawaii: this enabled one of us to peddle in the front and one of us to sit in the back to film Bobby riding.
Thanks to Osmodious for the link.
2 comments:
Why didn't you use the pic of him in the fake mustache? Classic Bobby V . . .
this was an excellent show. Bobby V is still crazy, but he's found a positive outlet for much of his manic nature. He is behaving like an ambassador for baseball and obviously having a great time.
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