Rush Street Interactive, Inc., is proud to announce the signing of former professional baseball manager and player Bobby Valentine.
Valentine brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from decades in professional and collegiate sports to the exclusive brand and content deal with BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com.
Bobby is a former Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angeles, New York Mets, and Seattle Mariners. His managerial career includes the Texas Rangers, the New York Mets, the Boston Red Sox and the championship team he led for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. Valentine has extensive experience as an analyst and announcer for ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, NBC Sports, and as a regular contributor to MLB on Sirius. Valentine also spent eight years as the Executive Director of Athletics for Sacred Heart University, and was a three-time All State football player in Connecticut.
Valentine will provide exclusive network and social media content for BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com. He will partake in a weekly Major League Baseball video, as well as podcast, television, and radio interviews.
“I’m excited to be joining the BetRivers team at an exciting moment in the evolution of sports betting,” said Valentine. “This partnership will allow us to share my passion for competitive sports while at the same time providing valuable commentary to fans.”
Valentine adds he’s especially excited to be interacting with RSI’s sports betting fans in his home state of Connecticut where RSI launched retail and online sportsbooks in October 2021.
“We are thrilled to have Bobby Valentine, whose career spans six decades, join our BetRivers family of Brand Ambassadors,” said Richard Schwartz, CEO of RSI, which operates BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com. “His vast knowledge and valuable MLB insights will be a tremendous asset to our sports bettors.”
