Red Sox president Larry Lucchino left no doubt about Bobby Valentine's fate for the short term, stating in no uncertain terms his manager won't be fired before the end of the season.In an interview Thursday morning on Boston sports radio station WEEI, he was asked by host John Dennis whether Valentine would "unequivocally" remain as manager for the rest of this season. Lucchino replied with a simple "yes."Lucchino declined to go into detail about the meeting between players and ownership that took place in late July in New York, saying only that the Yahoo! Sports report that players were calling for Valentine to be ousted was "exaggerated and inaccurate." He also said he shared owner John Henry's disappointment that sources leaked information about the meeting to Yahoo! Sports. Source: ESPN
