Buck no by Jared Carrabis
Reports say Red Sox "front office is resistant to the idea" of Bill Buckner joining coaching staff


25 years later, and the man still can't catch a break.

As you already know, Bobby Valentine is the new manager of the Boston Red Sox. What you may not already know, Valentine and former Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner have had a friendship that dates back four decades.

There had been rumors swirling that Valentine would bring Buckner on as part of his coaching staff here in Boston, although the 1986 scapegoat hasn't coached at the major league level since Nomar Garciaparra's Rookie of the Year campaign of 1997 when he was the White Sox's hitting coach.

At Valentine's introductory press conference, the 61-year-old was asked if he would entertain the idea of bringing Buckner on as a part of his coaching staff, and while he did not confirm that he was considering, he also did not deny the possibility.

Thanks to Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com, today we learned that "the team's front office is resistant to the idea" of Buckner coming on as a part of Valentine's coaching staff.

With the Red Sox announcing that Dave Magadan's services will be retained for 2012 as hitting coach, it makes sense that the Red Sox would want to pass on Buckner. But I'm sure that the media and the talk radio shows will try to spin this as a PR move, and that the Red Sox don't want to hire Buckner because of his "curse"-related past. It's all garbage, in my opinion.

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Published on December 05, 2011

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