FILE -- This is a May 22, 2009 file photo showing Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine watching team practice prior to a regular season baseball game against the Chunichi Dragons at Chiba...

TOKYO, JAPAN: Japan's Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine (C) welcomes pitcher Naoyuku Shimizu (R) after their victory against Taiwan's Sinon Bulls at the...

...Marines wears a T-shirt saying "Bobby 2010" as he holds up a banner supporting manager Bobby Valentine on the stand of Chiba Marine Stadium during the team's regular season baseball game against...

NISHINOMIYA, JAPAN: Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine (C) and former New York Mets manager, is tossed into the air after their 3-2...

Taiwan team manager for the World Baseball Classic Lin Hua-wei, right, shakes hands with Bobby Valentine, Japan's Chiba Lotte Marines team manager before their exhibition game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo...

Bobby Valentine

New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine (2) throws his arms up as his team celebrates on the field after Mets Robin Ventura...

Bobby Valentine, center, expects Asia to play a big role in making the majors a truly international league...

In his second year as manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines, Bobby Valentine led the team to the title in the Japan Series

Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine is walking on air Wednesday after his team wins the Japan Series

Bobby Valentine returns to the team he managed in 1995

SAN FRANCISCO - AUGUST 22: Manager Bobby Valentine of the New York Mets stands in the dugout during the MLB game against the San...

Bobby Valentine was the manager of the Mets for parts of seven seasons (1996-2002

Mets manager Bobby Valentine, left, finally has something to joke about with pitcher Satoru Komiyama

Bobby Valentine doesn't seem ready to go down without a fight