Manny Ramirez

A Manny sitcom would rule

adamg — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:05:53 -0400

Alas, as Joel Brown discovers, ABC's "Supermanny" show for this fall has nothing to do with our favorite ex-Manny.

Oh, Manny

adamg — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:39:15 -0400

If Barry Manilow had written a song about Ramirez.

Tip: If you're glad to see him go, turn the sound up. If you miss him, turn the sound off and just watch the slide show.

Via Jay Fitzgerald.

ESPN goes for the all important laundromat demographic

adamg — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:16:49 -0400

Stephanie Rogers shows an interesting ESPN marketing campaign in LA last week, involving a new player on the Dodgers.

Manny backlash backlash

adamg — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:54:14 -0400

Red Sock cannot believe the yahoos holding up WEEI-published signs reading "Manny Who?" at yesterday's game:

... Shame on everyone who not only took one of the signs, but was enough of an idiot to actually hold it up during the game. As I have said before (after Keith Foulke was booed in 2005, if I recall), I would love to have the power to erase the memories of these "fans" of everything Red Sox-related after Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS, because they do not deserve to remember and forever savour what came afterwards.

Meanwhile, Beth tries to sum up all those years with Manny:

... It was while watching Papelbon that it suddenly felt to me like I was getting acquainted with this team all over again. I might not be glad Manny's bat is gone, but I was, at that point, very glad that the Subject of Manny was gone. The team looked like it had collectively exhaled for the first time in a week. ...

Kristen longs for another trade:

... Now, what can we do about trading Ken Macha to Kansas City? Look, I'm sure Macha's a nice guy, but he is Ambien in a suit. ...

Mannyblogging

adamg — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:55:08 -0400

From sad to glad, Boston bloggers have opinions about the Manny deal:

I'll miss Manny

adamg — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:14:37 -0400

* Yes * No * Haven't searched my feelings enough yet to know * God, can't you people shut up about the Red Sox already?

Meet our new leftfielder

adamg — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:29:05 -0400

Jason Bay, as Manny goes to Dodgers in three-team deal that doesn't involve the Marlins, Sports Illustrated reports.

The Globe reports Brandon Moss and Craig Hansen head to Pittsburgh as part of the deal.

Manny to be Manny in Florida tomorrow?

adamg — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:56:55 -0400

Will Carroll on Basebal Prospectus reports we may have just seen Manny's last at-bat in a Boston uniform: He goes to the Marlins, Boston gets Jason Bay and John Grabow from the Pirates, the Pirates get somebody from the Marlins, two minor-leaguers from Florida and one from Boston.

Don't just blame the media for Manny Madness

adamg — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:13:24 -0400

Pink Hat Hell considers how Sox management always tries to destroy big-name players right before they get rid of them:

... By the time Derek Lowe was gone, you'd have thought the guy needed an elephant-sized dose of Lithium just to get out of bed in the morning. ...

Redsock explains how Jim Rice is a hypocrite, although one could argue he's only applying that old adage, "it takes one to know one," since he also shoved some guy a lot older than him.

Manny: The Bangladeshi viewpoint

adamg — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:05:33 -0400

Paul McMorrow gets an earful from a Bangladeshi cabbie who drove him home from last night's Meltdownsuzaka:

... These guys forget where they came from. I'm from a place like that. Dollars, man - that's a lot of money in some places. If I were him, if I could hit like that, I wouldn't playing around for $20 million. All I'd need is $1 million over two years. Why do you need more than that? ...

Meanwhile, Adam Hart suggests Manny-hating Peter Gammons should wipe the spittle off his face and stop claiming Ramirez takes himself out of the lineup against hard throwers, by researching each of Manny's off days.