Saturday, July 26, 2008

Manny the Hot Topic...

I found myself in the car for about an hour today, and since the Yankees won last night, I decided to listen to some Boston sports radio.

For almost the entire hour, there wasn't a mention of Beckett, Chamberlain, or the great game that was played... All the focus was on Manny. At first, it seemed a lot like the types of things we've been hearing year after year about Manny, but when you pay more attention you can see that this is a bigger deal.

Check out this article by Boston sports writer Dan Shaughnessy. This type of action was never even discussed in years passed and was just played out as 'Manny being Manny'.

This really is the teams fault. They've let Manny do whatever he wants since 2001, because his performance on the field was so good. All his antics were played off as cute and funny, but now things have reached a boiling point. The ownership, the team, the media and even the fans are starting to turn on Manny. It seems like they've finally had enough.


Now all eyes are waiting to see if he's in the lineup for todays game. If he pulls himself, the feeling is that the team will take some disciplinary action.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi dman,

Thanks for your local Boston perspective. Manny is a great player but a bozo as well. The Red Sox brass must show authority with him before he brings down the team. Yankees need to beat Wakefield today since tomorrow night's game could be a toss up. -mlm

Charles L. Wallace said...

DMan, it's just Manny being Pavano ;-)

Anonymous said...

Manny has always been a knuckle head BUT he always delivers. If I were a Sox fan I would not complain about anyone who ended an 80+ year drought...

-Yankee Fan In Southie