…Proves He’s Former Met.

New Sox manager Bobby Valentine yesterday criticized Derek Jeter and praised Jason Varitek’s fighting prowess, saying,

“He is a man’s man… He was able to beat up Alex [Rodriguez]. All that stuff is good.”

I have a lot of respect for Jason Varitek—no chicken and beer for him—but let’s get serious: Varitek managed to win a fight in which his chest was covered with a huge pad and his face was covered with a steel mask. This doesn’t make him a man’s man, but a rank coward for not at least taking off his mask before attacking A-Rod. It’s like taking out a gun and shooting someone, then claiming that you won a fistfight.

More to the point, is Bobby Valentine about to prove himself a bonehead in the Rex Ryan mold?

As the Yankees and the Giants have proved in the last 12 months, winning quietly is far superior to flapping your mouth and losing…