The two finalists for Boston's managerial job, Bobby Valentine and Gene Lamont, have yet to receive an offer from the team. "I haven't heard a word," Valentine said in a text message. "I've talked to people," Lamont said, "but I don't know what their time frame is now." Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington originally had said he hoped to have a new manager in place before Thanksgiving. With the winter meetings scheduled to begin next Monday in Dallas, Cherington said he expects to have a new man in place by then.