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One Way to Take Care of Business
Manny Ramirez during happier days in Dodger blue. AP Photo/Gus Ruelas
Agent Scott Boras sent a letter to the Dodgers this morning on behalf of Manny Ramirez rejecting the Dodgers' latest two-year offer. Resigned to starting over from scratch, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said, "When [Manny's] agent finds those 'serious offers' from other clubs, we'll be happy to restart the negotiations."
While this would seem to be welcome news to the San Francisco Giants, the only other club remotely discussing Manny, Giants president Larry Baer is insistent in staying out of the way.
So what now?
Fuck it. What other team besides the Dodgers have been serious about getting Manny? The correct answer is no one. Since November no team has stepped to the plate to offer Manny anything. The market for Manny is just about as dry as our state's money coffers.
For once we can't blame McCourt and general manager Ned Colletti for screwing this up. They played this perfectly. They didn't bite on Boras' claims of other teams negotiating with Manny and refused to outbid themselves. In fact in this last offer they gave in to Boras' demand for the second year to be a player option without having to sell their soul.
So fine. If Manny doesn't like the offer then he can sit out as long as he wants. Meanwhile the Dodgers better start looking to improve their rotation because from the looks of it they are in a whole world of trouble with or without Manny.
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Eff that!
Manny needs to start thinking for himself. Scott Boras is a douche bag. But then again the whole Manny being happy in LA could have been a put on. My friend reminded me that even in Boston Manny looked happy. I am glad that Mc Court and Colletti are sticking to their guns. Fuck him! He can sit the whole season out. ASSHOLE! JUST PLAY BALL!
We got '99' problems, and a bitch ain't one...
I don't understand greedy ass people. If you love sunny weather and baseball, why wouldn't you sign for ONLY a couple million less. I mean does it really matter when you make that much. Ass.
Scott Boras is going to single-handedly make Manny unemployed.
Scott Boras is fucking killing me. FUCK SCOTT BORAS!!!
Get thee behind me, Scott Boras!
Really sad. It is like Boras is on the wrong side of the French Revolution.
I blame Manny, ultimately he hired Mr. Boras and Boras speaks for him at Manny's behest. Manny should pull his head out of his ass and either take an offer that allows him to make some money in his last years of baseball or ditch the agent that is fucking him out of a retirement.
As it stands the Dodgers might have a shitty year with or without him, but Manny needs to recognize that he's like yesterday's leftovers and should take what he can get. The Dodgers aren't that needy that they need to get raped in order to bring a geriatric batter to the team for a scant two years.
He is definitely not worth more than $45 million. Actually, nobody is...
Fuck Manny, we don't need him.