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To remind potential employers that this guy is a major league ****?

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Originally posted 07:15 AM ET  11.17 by CardsFan2

To remind potential employers that this guy is a major league ****?

Agreed, though I don't think it will do much to deter them from throwing tons of money at him...

I'm having a hard time buying this. Manny has acted like a jerk every year at some point, and to the best of my recolection, has not been suspended. I think that this articles intent is to make the Sox look good, like they were really going to give it to Manny this time!! Right.

Yeah, absolute bs. Theo would never suspend a player that he needs to win. He's a cold-blooded hermaphrodite. =o Yeah, I got the inside scoop.

Absolutely idiotic move by the Sox. All this about him not playing two games in a row, but no suspension for shoving an older team employee to the ground for not getting him away game tickets on short notice.

Sorry, but Baseball has warped their own sense of values and this is the prime example of it.

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Originally posted 07:19 AM ET  11.17 by 1chillyMNfan

Agreed, though I don't think it will do much to deter them from throwing tons of money at him...

yeah, the teams that are looking to sign him already know hes a clown, the report that pedro gomez did just gave more inside details of his clowness..... that being said i'll take him in the yanks for the league min. for one year and he has to leave his glove at home

This is old news.Manny's suspension was reported in an August 1st article by Dan Shuanessy of the Boston globe.Here's the link:
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/08/01/going_goi ng_gone/?page=2

Even though its old news I'm glad its being brought up again. This incredibly talented hitter is a bum and nothing more than a greedy coward. He fakes injury to get out of Boston and then when faced with a suspension (without pay) he says "ok I'll play". I've commented before that in any other line of work he would have been rightfully sued by his employer and made to re-pay his salary plus damages. I'm a Mets fan who doesn't want this cancer...and I sure don't want my kids seeing his example on a daily basis. He's a bad guy...period.

When you hit like Manny, it's virtually impossible to get in trouble in baseball. He could beat a puppy to death with a baseball bat on YouTube and, as long as he hits .300 with 35 HRs, they'll blame the puppy.

There is NO way they were going to suspend him. The Sox are a bunch of p***ies.

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I predict this will be the breakout thread of the day.Why is this coming up now? It really doesn't matter any more ...

Hi Cat. I think the Sox may have "leaked" this as a jab at Manny to somehow affect his valuation. But who knows? Maybe it's a slow news day.

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Originally posted 08:18 AM ET  11.17 by becca e.

Maybe if Boston had suspended him LONG ago he wouldn't have acted like he did for so many years. A little too late Boston...

Wanna bet? ;)

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Originally posted 08:17 AM ET  11.17 by Yankee64

When you hit like Manny, it's virtually impossible to get in trouble in baseball. He could beat a puppy to death with a baseball bat on YouTube and, as long as he hits .300 with 35 HRs, they'll blame the puppy.

I think he'd have to hit 40 HRs....but your premise is dead on.

Yesterdays news. Get over it.

Well whatever it is they are claiming Manny did, it surely worked.... Look at him now.... He's about to get PAID!!!

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Originally posted 07:19 AM ET  11.17 by 1chillyMNfan

Agreed, though I don't think it will do much to deter them from throwing tons of money at him...

While it may not prevent teams from throwing money at Manny, it should give them pause about giving him more than a three year contract. You know he won't stay happy for long. He will end up being a team cancer wherever he goes. It's just a question of how much usefulness they will get out of him before the inevitable.

Manny was no prince of a citizen in Cleveland, before he came to Boston. He's an aging two tool player who is a major mental and physical risk for any team. I wonder how many games "stars" like him win in a given year...bottom line. Maybe they figure that he will sell tickets or give writers good material. Baseball fans who are hurting in the pocketbook are looking at his $20 million plus salary with both anger and sarcastic laughter. BTW he must be worth over $200 million already!!!

The Boston papers and ESPN have worked overtime to make the Red Sox look like victims in this squabble with Manny. Get over it guys! He was a main reason you've got two World Series rings. How many did you have before he came?

Boston did nothing but enable this jerk's behavior for the past several years, but now we're supposed to believe they really, really were considering almost maybe warning him that they were thinking about possibly, maybe suspending him. Whatever.