Goodbye Manny
Manny Ramirez has been traded to the Dodgers and I believe he packed with him any chance of the Red Sox winning the World Series this year. With Ramirez, they had a swagger--a mystique--and without him, the middle of the line-up presents somewhat of a reprieve for opposing pitchers. I'm not discounting the very essence of the Bosox soul--Mike Lowell--but I'm not sure he can carry the team the whole way. Big Papi hasn't been the same since the tee-shirt was buried and then unearthed.
Boston will definitely benefit by not having Ramirez in left. He played the position as though he was sitting in a lawn chair. "Whoops," he must have said to himself as balls rolled past his nonchalant approach.
"That's Manny being Manny," Sawx fans remark.
But man, can he club a baseball. Joe Torre now has the necessary elements to make a run for the pennant.
I remember when Manny came up in the 1990s. Growing up in Washington Heights, he somehow eluded the Yankee scouts. He demolished the Yankees in the Bronx on his very first appearance--hitting two home runs in the series and going back to his old neighborhood to enjoy helpings of fried plantains.
Why couldn't Manny just keep being Manny in New England? He'd finally exhausted their patience. I'm not complaining because he may have also taken with him the sea of red in my ballpark-Camden Yards. Time will tell. The conundrum of how to deal with the Red Sox line-up just got easier.
How many players have reached the 500 home run plateau and were traded that very same year? Not many. That's the sad part of it for the fans.
Boston will definitely benefit by not having Ramirez in left. He played the position as though he was sitting in a lawn chair. "Whoops," he must have said to himself as balls rolled past his nonchalant approach.
"That's Manny being Manny," Sawx fans remark.
But man, can he club a baseball. Joe Torre now has the necessary elements to make a run for the pennant.
I remember when Manny came up in the 1990s. Growing up in Washington Heights, he somehow eluded the Yankee scouts. He demolished the Yankees in the Bronx on his very first appearance--hitting two home runs in the series and going back to his old neighborhood to enjoy helpings of fried plantains.
Why couldn't Manny just keep being Manny in New England? He'd finally exhausted their patience. I'm not complaining because he may have also taken with him the sea of red in my ballpark-Camden Yards. Time will tell. The conundrum of how to deal with the Red Sox line-up just got easier.
How many players have reached the 500 home run plateau and were traded that very same year? Not many. That's the sad part of it for the fans.
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