July 28, 2008
Sports Redux: Manny, Others Play Some Sort of Manny-Related Event
If you can't work out a way to have the Mariners on your schedule whenever you've got a losing streak, you can at least take comfort seeing Sidney Ponson strolling out to the mound for your opponent. Despite having achieved knighthood by the Queen of the Netherlands, Ponson's name has to enter an conversation involving "Worst Pitchers Of Our Lifetime That Seem To Keep Getting Work Somehow". (Relax, though, Wasdin. You're safe for now.)
He sure did help get the Red Sox' bats back on track, as they pounded Sir Sidney for seven runs and ten hits in just four innings. Manny doubled in the first run, then blew through a stop sign to score on Lowell's 2-run single. Varitek doubled in the third, Ortiz homered(!) in thre fourth, and that was it for Ponson. Jon Lester, meanwhile, was sailing along for the most part, giving up only two runs in the fifth while striking out eight. Final score: 9-2, Red Sox. The Angels come to town tonight. Revenge time.
We're required by law to weigh in on the Official Major Boston Sports Kerfuffle that is the Manny situation, and weigh in we shall. Manny gave his long-awaited "Whatever" speech to ESPN, the usual suspects are sharpening their executioners' axes, and over 60% of Boston.com readers think Manny's more trouble than he's worth. Fine, then. Put your money where your mouth is and trade him to the Yankees. If he's such a horrible distraction, let him distract the hell out of New York and we can fight Tampa Bay the rest of the way. Or maybe you'd just rather wait until the Red Sox don't resign him, and he signs with the Yankees next season anyway (if he's got to lose the hair, he can at least grow a standard Yankee mustache, right?). Hopefully, for the rest of the season, Manny doesn't get TOO much in the way of all those World Series the Red Sox won without him.
If the Sox had lost and/or completely pissed us off last night, we were fully prepared to lead this column with the ArenaBowl results. So, congratulations, Philadelphia Soul, who outgunned San Jose 59-56 to claim their first AFL title. ESPN has a condescending chart trying to show Philadelphians that they're not as title-starved as they think they are. A full quarter of them are convinced.
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I am one of the people who is fed up with Manny, and it wasn't just this latest brou-ha-ha.
I wanted him traded in 2005 but Cliff Floyd and Aubrey Huff did not seem fair value, especially when the Yankees can get a .330 hitting outfielder and a lefty relief specialist for nothing (Pittsburgh, when do you rejoin the major leagues?).
Manny likes Pedro, right? Manny likes New York, right? Work out a three way deal to have him go to the Mets, Carlos Beltran to Colorado, and Matt Holliday to Boston.
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i think manny should go play lacrosse in philly.
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the hank vs. manny war of words in the papers would be worth the trade alone!
i've been one of manny's biggest supporters since day one, but this is out of control. get rid of him and bring holliday(or barry :)) to boston.
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Another unrealistic trade scenario from a Boston fan. Look, Colorado doesn't want Carlos Beltran. They may have to deal Holliday eventually because of salary issues but they want cheap, young players they can control for a few years not expensive veterans. Now, if Boston lets Manny leave after the season, Holliday might look good in the middle of the Sox lineup. But, getting Holliday will cost more than Coco Crisp and Manny Delcarmen.
Not many teams can afford Manny if they even want the hassle of having him. NYY, NYM, PHI, LAD, LAA.
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MJG toss Kris Johnson in there and/or one of our crappy catchers in Pawtucket. Not like Brown or Kottaras are going to be used in the near future.
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Fine, if Colorado doesn't want Beltran, what do they want? If they want prospects, then make the three way deal with the Mets to get Mets' prospects to Colorado, or with some other team for that team's prospects.
Or trade some of Boston's own prospects to Colorado for Holliday, and then trade Manny somewhere else - maybe to Texas for SS Michael Young and catcher Jarrod Saltalmachia.
Or forget Holliday and trade Manny to the White Sox for OF Jermaine Dye and SS Orlando Cabrera (assuming the Cabrera scandal has settled down). Or to Cincinnati for OF Adam Dunn and pitcher Bronson Arroyo and make Arroyo a middle reliever. Or somewhere for some value. I don't care. All these guys I mentioned are supposedly on the trading block.
Just get rid of Manny and get something for him. It's time.