Valentine loves baseball and Japan

 
Walk down any crowded street in Japan with Bobby Valentine at your side and you'll probably experience a true phenomenon. While the former New York Mets manager and part-time lightning rod of controversy always raised a few eyebrows in America, he's a bona fide icon in the Land of the Rising Sun and the subject of a new film from ESPN, "The Zen of Bobby V." [link]

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