Comments on: Checking in on Manny Ramirez

By: btl05

btl05 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:36:18 +0000

It’s an illusion that Manny is a bad LF. Yea, he makes some really bonehead plays but the 2-3 real laughers that show up on highlight reels every year are only 2-3 plays out of the 200 or so that he’s going to make that season. For a LF his range is average, he generally makes an average amount of actual errors, and he has a plus arm. Suffice to say he’s better than a hobbled Dellucci out there.

By: terje

terje — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:56:37 +0000

sure, manny loves to bat. asking him to run to first base or to play outfield (especially in cleveland where he was actually worse than he is now) is a little too much to ask.

By: btl05

btl05 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:41:04 +0000

He has a different “approach” to the game to be sure, but dogging it? Nah. For each one of those goofy clips you see on Sportscenter, he has spent about 100 hours in the cage and 50 hours in the gym working his tail off. You’re fooling yourself if you think that only God given ability makes a guy one of the greatest hitters of all time. One has to work very hard at it too, and he always has.

BTL

By: gary meade

gary meade — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:29:21 +0000

btl05 is right… manny is the best hitter in baseball. as far as dogging it, there are two sides to every story.

By: terje

terje — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:31:26 +0000

ray, you either never saw manny play in cleveland or have a short memory. manny’s reputation for being a lazy freak was rock solid before he ever went to boston.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:23:34 +0000

Manny never wanted to go to Boston and never wanted to play there. He was coerced to sign that contract by the players association. As far as I know he never dogged it as an Indian. I just think he got tired of the Boston situation. I’d take him. He would look really good in the 3 or 4 spot around Hafner and Martinez.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:03:25 +0000

You’d have to be a idiot to give this guy a two year deal. He’d dog it the first year and then come on like gangbusters the second year in order to try to get another big deal. I suspect that a one year deal is all he’ll get from anyone with maybe a club option for a second year at some astronomical price.

By: btl05

btl05 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:07:37 +0000

The best hitter in baseball, the best hitter most of us will have seen in our lifetime, the best hitter in Tribe history coming back to Cleveland on a 2 year deal to fill the key spot in a questionable lineup while putting butts in the seats at the JayPro? Nah….a much better idea for this management team would be to spend the same amount of money on more Boones, Delluccis, Belliards, etc.

BTL

By: larry d.

larry d. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:00:57 +0000

I didn’t notice about the agent, but I have noticed that Manny’s teams always go to the playoffs.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:56:28 +0000

The Indians don’t need a head-case that quits on his team because he’s so greedy, $20 a year’s not enough for him. Ramirez and his agent, Boras, are the ruination of baseball. Oh, and did anyone notice that the agent who negotiated Manny’s exit from Cleveland, Jeff Moorad, is now BUYING the San Diego Padres?

No, those agents aren’t overpaid, are they? The whole financial structure is so absurd, it’s not even worth thinking about. Too bad they all didn’t have their money tied up in that Ponzi scheme. We all coulda had a real nice laugh.