Bobby Valentine will return to Fenway Park on Wednesday for the first time since he was dismissed as manager of the Boston Red Sox following the 2012 season.

Valentine will serve as an ESPN analyst for the network's airing of a Texas Rangers-Red Sox game.

The 65-year-old is currently the athletic director at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn.

"I'm very excited about it," he said of a return. "It will be good to see the fans. The fans were always very good to me there."