Thanks for the article. It's always interesting to hear from the fan's
perspective. Management always toys with trading Manny every year. It
all comes down to money. I hate that! Why would want to trade one of
the greatest baseball players of time? He's worth the big bucks! He a
future Hall-of Famer! I want this crap to be over soon so I can rest
my brain! LOL!

Lynne

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--- Angelica Fisichella <angelica1222@...> wrote:
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> finally, here is a different take on the manny trade rumors, this
from barstool sports, which is a free weekly sports newspaper here in
boston. its not a serious publication, its written from the fans
persepctive and its more humor-based, but they do make some good
points! His Consistent, Hall Of Fame Production Is Killing The Red
Sox This makes no sense. According to several sources, including
ESPN's Buster Olney, Manny Ramirez could be traded as early as this
weekend. Since 10/5 rights, he can veto any trade so there are
absolutely no guarantees that anything will actually happen but all
reports indicate that the Red Sox are seriously shopping the left fielder.
>
> This is what this trade boils down to: The Red Sox organization is
full of wimps. There really is no other explanation. What the Red Sox
are doing, if a trade of Ramirez does go through, is essentially deal
one of the top ten hitters in baseball for fifty cents on the dollar
just because Manny's effort and attention-span aren't always top
notch. You know, except when he's in the batter's box absolutely
destroying pitches. But how important is Ramirez's attention-span in
the batter's box? Come on. The guy sometimes doesn't try as hard when
the games don't matter. Because there isn't another person in Boston
other than Ramirez who doesn't always give it 100% at work. Certainly
not Dan Shaughnessy when he writes the same "Trade Manny" story every
other week for the past three seasons and certainly not the thousands
of people who are right now reading Barstool Sports instead of doing
their jobs.
>
> But, what the hell, Ramirez is a distraction, a crazy, wild-eyed
distraction who does nutso things like occasionally not hustling down
the line and sometimes taking a day off. He's out of control! He has
to be stopped. Ramirez and his homeruns and RBI's are destroying this
baseball team. In the name of all that's holy, please ship this
monster, who in his career in Boston has averaged .315, 39 and 118 and
141 games played, out of Boston as quickly as possible. The Red Sox
don't need him. Not when Wily Mo Pena is on the roster.
>
> You want to get really excited? Check out some of the AWESOME
players Olney thinks the Red Sox can get for Ramirez, who just
happened to rank among the top eight in the American League (do you
really have to score runs to win in the AL?) in batting average, home
runs, RBI's, walks, slugging percentage, on base percentage and OPS
last season. You'll be on the phone to your bank to take out a second
mortgage on your house so you can afford to see these superstars at
Fenway next year!
>
> RP Scott Linebank
> 3B Andy LaRoche
> P Chad Billingsley
> OF Matt Kemp
> RP Jonathan Broxton
> Now, it makes perfect sense. Trade Ramirez, future Hall of Famer
who sometimes doesn't give 100%, for a bunch of guys for whom the best
case scenario is that they develop into 1/10th the player Ramirez is.
That's some shrewd baseball GM'ing right there.
>
> How many Red Sox hats will the team sell in Japan when they finish
third in the AL East?
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