Is it just me or...
Should Manny Ramirez learn to read the freakin' scoreboard?
Or at the very least the series standings?
It amazes me that this guy continues to get a free pass from the media and fans—it's just Manny being Manny, they say.
How can anyone defend him this time?
His latest sin speaks to everything that's wrong about sports today. It says, "I don't care if my team wins—I just care how I look and how much I get paid."
"ManRam" is the runaway winner of Knucklehead of the Week award. The good news is he can use that swing on the golf course next week while the Tribe is in the Fall (Winter?) Classic.
Is no one giving Cleveland the respect they deserve?
The postseason media coverage has been all about what the Yankees and Red Sox have failed to do, not what the Tribe has done to them.
And that's just not right.
I've said all season long that the Indians are the most complete team in the American League—"team" being the key word.
Pitching, defense, bullpen, situational hitting—they've done it all right all year long.
As a Yankees fan, I'm ashamed that my team has to hog the spotlight even after they've been eliminated. All the drama can wait until the postseason is over.
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Should the Dallas Cryboys shut up?
Look guys, you were flat-out beaten by a far superior team—no excuses needed.
But here goes Patrick Crayton—a very talented young player and in my view a future big-time star—calling the Patriots out for a rematch "if they make it to the Super Bowl."
Habitual Knucklehead T.O. is also implying that the Pats aren't that great.
The game is over, Cryboys—and you need to start focusing on the Minnesota Vikings. They may not have much of a passing game, but they do have a good defense and a stellar young RB.
If Dallas doesn't stop looking back, they'll be looking up at Adrian Peterson on the highlight shows.
Should the Boston media and Red Sox fans get off Terry Francona's back?
Talk about knuckleheads—the same writers and talking heads who would have bashed "Tito" for starting Beckett on short rest are blasting him for not using his ace.
This was set up as a no win for Francona from the get-go.
If Wakefield gets beat, Francona should have started Beckett. If Beckett gets beat, he should have started Wakefield. If Beckett starts and wins, he burned up Beckett's arm.
The only winning combo for Terry Francona would have been Wakefield with a win—but he only looked good for the first four innings.
It's not Francona's fault that the team's $103 million investment is a bust, and that alleged Hall of Famer Curt Schilling has gotten bombed.
Josh Beckett CANNOT PITCH EVERY GAME, and the Red Sox much-hyped rotation was just that—hype.
Can the media and fans never get their stories straight?
People amaze me, which is to say they sometimes make me sick with their blatant double standards.
The same talk show hosts, callers, writers, and emailers who whine about the top teams always being the same—the Yankees and Red Sox in baseball, USC and the Florida schools in college football—are the first ones to get all up in arms when new teams break the glass ceiling.
Oh my God, University of South Florida is No. 2 and the Colorado Rockies are in the World Series!
You'd think the world came to an end.
Let's enjoy these feel-good stories instead of stop trashing the upstarts. I for one would love to see a nontraditional powerhouse win the NCAA title—it would make for great debate.
That's all for now, time to take my medication.
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about 1 year ago
Manny obviously thought he hit a 6-run walk off homerun.
The Indians are so underrated its unbelievable, this is their time to shine and people rather talk about Manny, Beckett and Francona.
Totally agree with the Francona argument even though I didn't exactly like the idea of pitching Wakefield when he wasn't originally even on the playoff roster but thats what the manager is paid for. If Beckett would of pitched yesterday and won, they still would of had no one the rest of the series to win with.
about 1 year ago
exactly beckett can't pitch every game thanks for reading the article
about 1 year ago
This is one of the big problems I have with Red Sox fans: If ARod goes 1-4 in a game, they're quick to point it out to Yankee fans, but if one of their own, like Ramirez, says (pretty much) that he doesn't care about winning, they just lackadaisically say that it's Manny being Manny! It's ridiculous! Oh, and I just read on realgm.com that some Sox players didn't show up to an optional workout on Wends...who were they? David Ortiz, Coco Crisp, Julio Lugo, Jonathan Papelbon, Hideki Okajima, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Manny Delcarmen, Eric Gagne and Tim Wakefield. Those are some big players who are missing out on a last chance opportunity to up their game before tonight. Oh, well. I guess that's just the Red Sox being the Red Sox.
about 1 year ago
seriously he should have started Beckett and not just used him for freakin 2 innings! beckett has the passion and aggression the team need right now. manny needs to be kicked in the face for that dumb comment-- and i think he should have used curt schilling more who actually gives a crap.
about 1 year ago
You make some good points in this article, John - pretty good read.
About the Manny issue: I understand some fans being upset with Manny's comments about "not being the end of the world", but I also understand where Manny is coming from. With his homerun in game 4, I feel that he was simply happy that the BoSox had just hit back-to-back-to-back homeruns. I mean, what was the best possible scenario for Manny's at bat in that situation? Bring himself home by hitting a homerun, so he did his job in that individual at bat. Maybe he felt that the mini-homerun derby would help spark the Red Sox? I don't know. I'm just a little slow to jump on players when they show enthusiasm. Now, when T.O. pulls out Sharpie's? That's not enthusiasm - that's showboatism.
While I have my beliefs, I also understand how some fans/media think that Manny was showboating when he threw his hands up and then proceeded to jump into Big Papi's arms.
-R.H.
about 1 year ago
Enthusiasm is cool but not when you are down by 4 then it is called selfishism
about 1 year ago
Yeah he gets way too much of a pass. I hate how people defend him because he isn't all that right in the head. I don't think anyone can intentionally be that dumb.
about 1 year ago
Thanks for the read well the only main defense is he is a winner
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