(NECN/AP) - Red Sox owner John Henry says no one at a meeting with players last month called for manager Bobby Valentine to be replaced.
Henry sent an email one day after Yahoo! Sports reported that several players met with Henry and team president Larry Lucchino on July 27 in New York to complain about the manager's handling of the team.
Owner Tom Werner also was at the meeting, according to Henry, who says that no one who attended took the position that Valentine should be or needed to be replaced. The Red Sox are a disappointing 57-60 in Valentine's first season.
There is some bad news for Red Sox fans. Slugger David Ortiz has been shut down as he strives to return from a strained right Achilles tendon. Ortiz had already been told not to take batting practice, and now he's been ordered to also stop running. Ortiz has been on the DL since July 18.
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