Bobby Valentine stands by claim about the Yankees and 9/11

Bobby Valentine?s comments Wednesday on the 12-year anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 were puzzling enough. But when called out for what he said, Valentine dug in even deeper. The former Mets manager blasted the Yankees on Wednesday saying New York?s other team wasn?t as involved in the relief efforts following 9/11 as the Mets were. The Yankees were nowhere to be seen, Valentine claimed, while essentially telling everyone how much he and the Mets did at the same time. It was baffling why Valentine would bring something like that up, especially on 9/11, but it was summed up as Bobby being Bobby. The Yankees, unsurprisingly, decided to respond to Valentine?s claims. ?Bobby Valentine should know better than to be pointing fingers on a day like today,? Yankees president Randy Levine said, according to ESPN.com. ?[Wednesday] is a day of reflection and prayer. The Yankees, as has been well documented, visited Ground Zero, the Armory, the Javits Center, St. Vincent?s Hospital and many other p...

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