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it dosent matter , some overly eager g.m. will over pay this **** next year no matter what he doesnt do this year

wheenee

Omar calling

yea the mets like to over pay aging outfielders

Hey Yankees....sign the bum, this could REALLY be good for baseball!!

Yes, the Yanks should get him!

the yanks already took care of their needs for a righty outfielder, so yeah, manny will get to the mets or DH for texas

GOOD bye MANNY... doesn't break my heart any at all i hope that he misses the next 2 games.. he is a punk and shouldn't play anyways..

Yankees don't need a useless player, we have enough of them already... besides we just got a great outfielder

this is mannys version of a hold out. they do it all the time in the nfl i aint saying its right im just saying that manny will until he gets a new contract just keep having "knee problems" during every big game. and when they do force him to play he'lll do what he did against the yankees before the all-star break and just sit back and take three pitches right down the middle then go sit back down. like i said i dont approve of this but being a yankee fan i can't complain

Gene Hackman said it best in the Replacements; "Winners want the ball".

Manny is just another spoiled overweight ballplayer who wants things his way. Terry should sit him until Manny comes to him and asks to be put back in the lineup, then make him sit another week, just to give the knee time to heal (wink, wink).

It may well be time to call Manny on his BS MrMiyagiJr.

A holdout is in the offseason and if you don't report you don't get paid. Ramirez is being paid 20 million dollars and his behaviour is inexcusable.

I still think Manny will be back in Boston next year

If he could be traded to a team thats bad so the deal wont haunt us come playoffs do it especilly if people offer good prospects. Then use those prospects to trade for Matt Holliday or Jason Bay

While I'm not defending Manny as such, I would like to point out that I also don't trust anything that Danny S. writes... he's every bit as arrogant as Manny at about one-ten-billionth the talent. Shaughnessy is a bitter, bitter man who delights in the negative aspects of everything. He is one of the guys who give sportswriting a bad name -- he really should move over to the Herald, it's where he belongs.

Without Manny, Ortiz is pretty much ineffective.

Exactly KG Fan. If I were Boston, i would trade him to almost anyone not in the AL East for the best package available.

A holdout is in the offseason and if you don't report you don't get paid. Ramirez is being paid 20 million dollars and his behaviour is inexcusable.
trooper707 | 07/26/08, 01:11 PM
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im not saying its an actual hold out. i was just saying that it has the same meaning as a holdout. Mannys basically saying im not playing until you give me more money in the form of a new contract.

Funny what a pennant race does for everyones sense of humor in BeanTown. Manny being Manny just is not that acceptable anymore....Manny, Veritek getting old, Ellsbury and Crisp not up to it, think there will be some major changes next year...Great pitching though, it will CYA for a while....Nothing the guy does, or does not do, should surprise anyone...not anymore..