http://bostonist.com/2006/12/05/save_manny_hot_stove_musings.php All comments for Save Manny - Hot Stove Musings en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2006/12/05/save_manny_hot_stove_musings.php#comment-791599 http://bostonist.com/2006/12/05/save_manny_hot_stove_musings.php#comment-791599 Comments Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:35:18 -0500 <p>Not only is Manny an astonishingly good power hitter, but he's part of the most formidable 1-2 punch in baseball. There haven't been many combinations like this one. So what if Manny's a tool. I would keep him under any circumstances. I actually think Drew is a very good signing. I beg to differ with you about his equivalence as a hitter with Trot Nixon. While injury prone, Drew has shown power in pitcher's parks like Chavez Ravine, and even in a Dodgers lineup that could have appeared in "The Night of the Living Dead." By contrast, Nixon's solid hitting numbers are largely due to the fact that he's in a hitter's park, and more importantly to the fact that he was another cog in the excellent hitting machine that was the Sox. Anyone would have decent numbers playing in that park and that lineup...even, uh, a Bill Mueller type who never posted anything like those stats anywhere else. The Sox could sign Manny Mendoza and still have him hit .250.</p>