MANNY RAMIREZ: BEST PLAYER

that's a pretty good haul for the pirates imo!

Breaking news: Red Sox 4% whiter, less interesting.

4% whiter, 40% less interesting

I'm happy for Andy LaRoche.

The Dodgers sure have a lot of outfielders.

f-k it, 80% less interesting

A lot of those outfielders are shitty though.

Yeah -- frees LaRoche from that retarded purgatory he was thrust into because of Torre's luv affair w/ Blake DeWitt, gives them a good-to-go cheaper Nady clone in Moss, a 21-year-old high-ceiling pitching prosect in Morris, and, um, a young reliever (w/ potential, obv) that's been beyond awful in MLB to this point.

Dodgers, meanwhile, are probably going to use Manny to cockblock Matt Kemp s'more, which is just awesome for the rest of the West.

xpost to cank's GO RATS post, btw

& as much as I'm going to miss Manny, if it shuts up all the fucking moronic beat writers (and maybe Schilling) for more than 5 minutes, I'm all for Bay coming into town.

yeah but how do i break it to my kids?

FUCK

SERIOUSLY, FUCK

FUCK THIS BULLSHIT

Tell them Manny's going to a really big farm out in the country where there's plenty of room to roam and a to-die-for play-by-play man calling his games.

(don't mention Simers & Plaschke unless you want them to really get upset, tho)

FUCK YOU RED SOX

(yes I am stealing my material from Andy K)

WHY DON'T YOU JUST TEAR DOWN THE GREEN MONSTER NOW?

yeah but how do i break it to my kids?

-- collardio gelatinous, Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:57 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
just point them towards alyssa milano's blog

WHY DON'T YOU JUST TEAR DOWN THE GREEN MONSTER NOW?

BECAUSE WHERE WOULD THEY FILM SOX APPEAL?

ok, i think they can dig the free-range manny concept.

but srsly i've tried to prepare them for this by telling them it was very likely he'd be traded today. they were on verge of tears with just the thought. (7 and 8 yrs old by the way).

well that just makes me sadder

(couldn't get my mom on the phone, btw; she was *really* sad at Ellis Burks's departure)

Adios Manuel. Cojelo suave.

Aw man, now I'm starting to actually get a little misty. You bastards.

"Tell them Manny's going to a really big farm out in the country where there's plenty of room to roam and a to-die-for play-by-play man calling his games."

Three innings of and only west of the Rockies.

Aww, man, that sucks, collardio.

multiple xpost

You want to tell them about Santa while you're @ it, Steve?

I can't wait to watch Joe Torre manage Manny Ramirez.

Dudes -- Manny and JEFF KENT

That shit's like Office / 30 Rock level sitcom material.

wow, pirates cleaned up. Jason Bay not so secretly sucks btw.

see this is one good thing about having kids. you can play "grown up" in situations where you're feeling childlike emotions yourself.

all i can say as a yankees fan is lol

FUCK

6. Now they can bat Kent third and Manny fourth and hope that no one hits the ball to them in the field.
Submitted by: Paul Brass
2:11 PM PDT, July 31, 2008

I lol'd

all i can say as a yankees fan is lol

-- max, Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:20 PM (25 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

yeah, this is a highly looooooooooooool situation here

dumb fucking trade by boston imo. the dude has been manny in this manner time and again and he's helped them win 2 WS titles in the process and sure he's been a little worse offensively this year but jason bay?

now batting for the Boston Red Sox. . . .

would it be surprising if bay was better than manfred 2 years down the line?

no

how close did some of you guys come to hari-kari when nomar got traded for orlando cabrera in 2004?? or was that ok because beat writers didnt have a problem with him

I actually think it's probably a good baseball trade, all-told, for the sox. But that doesn't stop me from being seriously seriously bummed ;_;

Manny Ramirez is my favorite player in Major League Baseball.

-- G00blar, Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:30 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Link

also, definitely liked Garciapopup but never looooved him like Manny.

Um Manny v2008 isn't Manny v2001-2006 guys. It's entirely conceivable that Jason Bay is better this year and next year than what Manny is and he's a lot cheaper.

thats an understandable reaction - the facts of the matter are the dude, the dudes manager, & the dudes teammates all wanted him out of boston. boston got younger & cheaper & more or less replaced his production (considering age + ability - mannys obviously a better hitter, but he's in decline) in return for a talented but so-far shitty reliever & a 4th OF

good trade xp to g00b

Jason Bay better bring some gold-plated chemistry with him

Yeah I would watch out for batteries if I was him. Those things hurt like a motherfucker.

from what i can tell he makes jd drew look like david ortiz in the charisma department but i could be wrong

I find that hard to believe.

JD Drew has been since snubbing the Phillies one of the most universally reviled (possibly unfairly so) players outside of Barry Bonds at virtually every junction in his playing career. Also Jason Bay is from Canada.