True story.
Bobby Valentine dated my 7th grade science teacher when they were in high school. She asked him to come in and speak to our class, it was 1983 so he was probably in between playing for the Mariners and coaching the Rangers.
Anyway, I grew up a baseball junkie and loved science back then. I can still remember my teacher introducing Bobby V to our class and watching him walk in the room to speak to us. I was so excited when he shook my hand as he walked by my desk and on cloud nine when he made a joke about me "looking like a shortstop".
I don't remember much about what he said to me and my classmates but I do remember getting off the bus and telling my Dad about the entire thing.
My Dad smirked and said to me, "She must not be much of a science teacher. I thought they taught about a*ssholes in High School".
It wasn't until years later that I realized what a smart man my father is.
