NYT-1201: STATE OF THE ART A Thermostat That's Clever, Not ...
NYT-1201: STATE OF THE ART A Thermostat That's Clever, Not ...
NYT-1201: STATE OF THE ART A Thermostat That's Clever, Not ...
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<strong>NYT</strong>-<strong>1201</strong><br />
Brilliant and Bold, in Any Language ... By DAVID WA<br />
LDSTEIN<br />
What makes Bobby Valentine's selection as Boston's<br />
new manager so intriguing is his curiosity and hi<br />
s daring, best exemplified by his time spent manag<br />
ing in Japan.<br />
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Early in his tenure as manager of the Chiba Lotte<br />
Marines in Japan, Bobby Valentine decided to run a<br />
drill to practice pickoff moves at second base. H<br />
e instructed his pitchers to throw behind the runn<br />
er, but for some reason they refused to do as he a<br />
sked.<br />
As Valentine grew frustrated over the inability of<br />
his pitchers to follow his instructions, Satoru K<br />
omiyama, a veteran who had played for Valentine wh<br />
en he managed the Mets, came forward to offer an e<br />
xplanation.<br />
"We will be happy to do it in games," he told Vale<br />
ntine. "But in practice we don’t want to injure ou<br />
r teammates by throwing the ball at their behinds."<br />
It was not the first problem with translation that<br />
Valentine encountered in Japan, nor would it be h<br />
is last. But he would eventually learn 2,042 kanji<br />
characters out of an instructional book, practici<br />
ng them in the dirt with the toe of his cleats dur<br />
ing practice, and by the time he made his tearful<br />
goodbye speech to the team’s fans in 2009, he did<br />
so in Japanese.<br />
"There’s a lot of guys who go over there just look<br />
ing to get a paycheck," said the current Mets mana<br />
ger Terry Collins, who managed the Orix Buffaloes<br />
for two seasons in Japan and competed there agains