Ramirez, you are a genius.
It must be frustrating to be Manny Ramirez.
Seriously.
First of all, you're one of the most gifted and consistent players in baseball. Though you did not earn your $160-million dollar contract (who could?) you came closer than anyone thought you could. You helped the Red Sox win their first World Series in forever, and then you go back to leading the AL in RBIs the following year.
Then one day you want the day off, you're scheduled to have the day off, and one of your teammates goes down and you stick to your guns and take the day off.
And you get blasted for it.
You get in an altercation with Curt Schilling (who's missed a ton of games over the season) over it, needing to be separated in the clubhouse. David Wells, the 4.45 ERA-holding David Wells, claims that you're "messing with his chance to win."
You're the one who's accused of not being a team player. You're the one who was blasted last year for going with friend Enrique Wilson (of the Yankees) during the playoffs. And it eats at you. It eats at you; you were the MVP of the World Series. You, more than anyone else, put the Red Sox over the top.
WAY TO GO ON CALLING THEIR BLUFF.
It was a simple proposition that you made- since everybody was mad at you, they could trade you... which they couldn't do if they wanted to win.
"I hope they do break up those guys (Ramirez and Ortiz)," said one AL GM earlier Saturday. "I wouldn't mind never facing them again. They can trade him (Ramirez) if that's what they want to do. But I don't see how they can move him and still win."
See, Manny Ramirez was just tired of being treated like crap by players who have been average or not very good this year, and he called them on it. He isn't crazy. This isn't a case of Manny being Manny. It's a case of a player standing up for himself and his abilities (just like Pedro Martinez did last year by signing with the Mets).
Manny, way to go.
Seriously.
First of all, you're one of the most gifted and consistent players in baseball. Though you did not earn your $160-million dollar contract (who could?) you came closer than anyone thought you could. You helped the Red Sox win their first World Series in forever, and then you go back to leading the AL in RBIs the following year.
Then one day you want the day off, you're scheduled to have the day off, and one of your teammates goes down and you stick to your guns and take the day off.
And you get blasted for it.
You get in an altercation with Curt Schilling (who's missed a ton of games over the season) over it, needing to be separated in the clubhouse. David Wells, the 4.45 ERA-holding David Wells, claims that you're "messing with his chance to win."
You're the one who's accused of not being a team player. You're the one who was blasted last year for going with friend Enrique Wilson (of the Yankees) during the playoffs. And it eats at you. It eats at you; you were the MVP of the World Series. You, more than anyone else, put the Red Sox over the top.
WAY TO GO ON CALLING THEIR BLUFF.
It was a simple proposition that you made- since everybody was mad at you, they could trade you... which they couldn't do if they wanted to win.
"I hope they do break up those guys (Ramirez and Ortiz)," said one AL GM earlier Saturday. "I wouldn't mind never facing them again. They can trade him (Ramirez) if that's what they want to do. But I don't see how they can move him and still win."
See, Manny Ramirez was just tired of being treated like crap by players who have been average or not very good this year, and he called them on it. He isn't crazy. This isn't a case of Manny being Manny. It's a case of a player standing up for himself and his abilities (just like Pedro Martinez did last year by signing with the Mets).
Manny, way to go.
posted by mike at 1:58 PM
1 Comments:
All that I can say is that I enjoy a day off every now and then, too, Manny. Way to go.
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