"It just takes one guy to bring an entire team down, and that’s exactly what was happening. Once we saw that, we weren’t afraid to get rid of him. It’s like cancer. That’s what he was. Cancer. He had to go. . . That was the only scenario that was going to work. That was it for us. And after, you could feel it in the air in the clubhouse. We got Jason Bay — Johnny Ballgame, plays the game right, plays through broken knees, runs out every ground ball — and it was like a breath of fresh air, man! Awesome! No question.”
THANK YOU, J. PAPS, for having the guts to say what everyone knows, but don't have the cajones to speak. All of the locals here who whined about the Tribe needing to sign Manny…are you freakin' for REAL?
"Having the guts to say what everyone knows?" Seriously, man, you have got to be kidding. If Papelbon had "guts," he would have said it to Ramirez personally instead of saying it to a writer from a national magazine. He'll never see Ramirez, it being a different league and all. And he won't say it to him over the phone or in a letter.
Guts? No, what he said and did was totally gutLESS. But I guess that's what you'd expect from a guy whose name sounds like a jar of mustard.
Because it IS gutless, that's why. Any jerk can mouth off to a magazine when he won't face him. Betcha Ramirez would clock his first pitch out of the park if Ramirez was still in the American League.
Besides, nobody but an unrealistic fool would believe that people around Cleveland wouldn't love to see Ramirez in an Indians uniform. No matter how much of a "cancer" he supposedly is. I mean, there was no discernable "cancer" in the Indians locker room last year, and yet they managed to win about five games all season.
I really don't count Pronk's warped DNA as "cancer," per se.
One other thing, Marc. If Carl Pavano is indeed a "cancer," as he supposedly was in New York, then why is Pavano now in the Indians' locker room? Shouldn't they get the maintenance department to spray the walls to kill the Pavano staph infection? Otherwise, how will they ever get rid of it?
It's idiotic, when you stop and think about it. Grown men blaming one single guy for spoiling their millionaire party.
One more thing, because this mustard guy Papelbon is really irking me … precisely what constituted "cancer" when it came to Papelbon's own perpetual public whining about his own salary? And therein lies the real reason he saw things from his point of view. Compared to Ramirez, he was making the shells from Manny's sunflower seeds. Now, he suddenly gets his own multi-million dollar deal, and he's free to cast stones at somebody else.
Papelbon has no class. Yeah, Ramirez is kind of a diva, but you never read him badmouthing any of *his* former teammates, and I'm sure there were a few doozies other than himself.
What, Marc. You rest your case, but Papelbon's comments are classless and pointless. I find it odd that the Dodgers players seem to love him, and Torre's testicular cancer is still in remission.
I especially enjoyed reading the mustard guy's own classy self-serving comments when he was whining about his own salary, before they recently gave him a fat raise: "We're chugging away at this thing and we want to get it done, believe me, and we can move on. At the same time, I feel a certain obligation to not only myself and my family to make the money that I deserve, but for the game of baseball."
Any jerk can mouth off to a blog when he won't face the objects of his ire. Comaguy, why don't you go find Ferry and tell him of your mancrush on him. Why don't you go look for Big Z and bitch at him.
Back your words up or otherwise just STFU, you gutless turd.
Ah, my stalker has returned. After his brief sabbatical of stalking Lorne Michaels. I'm both honored and frightened.
I'll tell you what, you maniac. I don't like to travel. However, feel free to broker a meeting with them at a Denny's near my house. Over a Grand Slam Breakfast, I will personally tell Ferry and Z my opinions of them. That is, if you promise to not hurt my family.
It is really sad what has happened to Manny who is still the best pure hitter I've ever seen. You wonder what would have happened if a guy like Manny had decided not to chase the big bucks and stayed in Cleveland where he still would have been a very wealthy man.
I don't get it, what has supposedly happened to Manny? He got two rings, he's going to be in the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, and he's far wealthier with his Red Sox and Dodgers contracts than he would have ever been wasting away in gorgeous downtown Cleveland. I don't see anything sad about it, and in the context of this post, Papelbon's jealousy got the better of him. Manny is probably laying outside by the pool with his kids as I write this. What's sad about that?
"It just takes one guy to bring an entire team down, and that’s exactly what was happening. Once we saw that, we weren’t afraid to get rid of him. It’s like cancer. That’s what he was. Cancer. He had to go. . . That was the only scenario that was going to work. That was it for us. And after, you could feel it in the air in the clubhouse. We got Jason Bay — Johnny Ballgame, plays the game right, plays through broken knees, runs out every ground ball — and it was like a breath of fresh air, man! Awesome! No question.”
THANK YOU, J. PAPS, for having the guts to say what everyone knows, but don't have the cajones to speak. All of the locals here who whined about the Tribe needing to sign Manny…are you freakin' for REAL?
"Having the guts to say what everyone knows?" Seriously, man, you have got to be kidding. If Papelbon had "guts," he would have said it to Ramirez personally instead of saying it to a writer from a national magazine. He'll never see Ramirez, it being a different league and all. And he won't say it to him over the phone or in a letter.
Guts? No, what he said and did was totally gutLESS. But I guess that's what you'd expect from a guy whose name sounds like a jar of mustard.
Alan, why must you always take the side of the idiot? Your reasoning is always so ridiculous.
Manny didn't seem to drag the Dodgers down after the trade.
Because it IS gutless, that's why. Any jerk can mouth off to a magazine when he won't face him. Betcha Ramirez would clock his first pitch out of the park if Ramirez was still in the American League.
Besides, nobody but an unrealistic fool would believe that people around Cleveland wouldn't love to see Ramirez in an Indians uniform. No matter how much of a "cancer" he supposedly is. I mean, there was no discernable "cancer" in the Indians locker room last year, and yet they managed to win about five games all season.
I really don't count Pronk's warped DNA as "cancer," per se.
One other thing, Marc. If Carl Pavano is indeed a "cancer," as he supposedly was in New York, then why is Pavano now in the Indians' locker room? Shouldn't they get the maintenance department to spray the walls to kill the Pavano staph infection? Otherwise, how will they ever get rid of it?
It's idiotic, when you stop and think about it. Grown men blaming one single guy for spoiling their millionaire party.
One more thing, because this mustard guy Papelbon is really irking me … precisely what constituted "cancer" when it came to Papelbon's own perpetual public whining about his own salary? And therein lies the real reason he saw things from his point of view. Compared to Ramirez, he was making the shells from Manny's sunflower seeds. Now, he suddenly gets his own multi-million dollar deal, and he's free to cast stones at somebody else.
Papelbon has no class. Yeah, Ramirez is kind of a diva, but you never read him badmouthing any of *his* former teammates, and I'm sure there were a few doozies other than himself.
Keep on talking, Alan…
I rest my case.
papelbon is a grade-a jackass. i'm sure he'd be more than willing to send manny the world series champion ring that the "cancer" helped him win too.
"no thanks manny. i don't want any part of your 2007 championship cancer."
What, Marc. You rest your case, but Papelbon's comments are classless and pointless. I find it odd that the Dodgers players seem to love him, and Torre's testicular cancer is still in remission.
I especially enjoyed reading the mustard guy's own classy self-serving comments when he was whining about his own salary, before they recently gave him a fat raise: "We're chugging away at this thing and we want to get it done, believe me, and we can move on. At the same time, I feel a certain obligation to not only myself and my family to make the money that I deserve, but for the game of baseball."
Read the last six words. Who's he kidding.
Ah yes…how bout this one…
Any jerk can mouth off to a blog when he won't face the objects of his ire. Comaguy, why don't you go find Ferry and tell him of your mancrush on him. Why don't you go look for Big Z and bitch at him.
Back your words up or otherwise just STFU, you gutless turd.
Ah, my stalker has returned. After his brief sabbatical of stalking Lorne Michaels. I'm both honored and frightened.
I'll tell you what, you maniac. I don't like to travel. However, feel free to broker a meeting with them at a Denny's near my house. Over a Grand Slam Breakfast, I will personally tell Ferry and Z my opinions of them. That is, if you promise to not hurt my family.
It is really sad what has happened to Manny who is still the best pure hitter I've ever seen. You wonder what would have happened if a guy like Manny had decided not to chase the big bucks and stayed in Cleveland where he still would have been a very wealthy man.
I don't get it, what has supposedly happened to Manny? He got two rings, he's going to be in the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, and he's far wealthier with his Red Sox and Dodgers contracts than he would have ever been wasting away in gorgeous downtown Cleveland. I don't see anything sad about it, and in the context of this post, Papelbon's jealousy got the better of him. Manny is probably laying outside by the pool with his kids as I write this. What's sad about that?
manny's wife is smoking hot too.
real sad.