When Manny Ramirez was on the Boston Red Sox, I was definitely a fan. He can hit, he can catch (when he wanted), and he sure knew how to taunt the opposing team as he watched home runs or jogged around the bases. But now that he is no longer on the Red Sox, my appreciation for him has definitely faltered. First and foremost, Manny didn't play his best because he didn't want to be in Boston. So now he's not in Boston (which is a whole other story to rant about. Why wouldn't Manny want to be in Boston? His good friend Ortiz was there, he was a huge star, and he definitely saw many playoffs and two World Series).
Last year he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he seemed to single-handedly take the team from last place in their division, to the playoffs, even though they didn't make it very far. Now, he's a free agent and all Manny wants is money. And once you hear what he turned down, you will agree that he has officially lost his mind.
The Dodgers offered (a second offer now) Manny $25 million for one season. ONE SEASON. And he turns them down. I don't know how much he was getting paid in Boston or before on the Dodgers but that is a whole lot of money. You don't even play all year! You play what, 9 months? I'd take it. But Manny lost his mind. Manny isn't very young anymore, and eventually his star status will disappear, giving way for up and coming players to hit the spotlight. I know he's holding out for more money, but how much is going to be the right number? Is he expecting an amount similar to the one paid to A-Rod? Manny needs to take what he can get, because fewer and fewer teams are interested in his baseball abilities, and wary of his antics.
The latest buzz is that the San Francisco Giants are thinking about making Manny an offer. But thinking is not actually offering so right now, Manny doesn't play for anyone. Unless the Giants want a second Barry Bonds right away, they might decide to wait on Manny (that and might need to resupply with their steroids stock). I really think that if Manny holds out too long, he will not be seen playing professional baseball in the US anytime soon.
Jaclyn Kahn
4 comments:
We're three weeks from Spring Training. Going to be interesting to see if anyone forks over more than what he just turned down.
By the way, Manny somewhat resembles the guy smoking the doobie in the previous post. He had to be smoking something to turn down $25mil
You said the team didn't make it that far? The Dodgers made it farther than a lot of teams. NLCS isn't bad at all.
they didnt make it very far in the playoffs, which alludes to them doing better than many teams.
They killed my team, so I'll let you two argue over how far they went.
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