<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 31 2008, 05:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Jeez. If you are this mad now, what's going to happen when the Yankees sign him in the offseason?</div> I'll kill everyone in my town and then snort coke until I can't feel my fingers.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 31 2008, 05:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Do you not understand that Manny is CANCER in that clubhouse? Now you will win the division, if you hadnt traded him, he was dragging you right to the gutter....when you marry a slut, no matter how hot she is, she will eventually **** you over, and when she does, you have to get rid of her, even if it costs you a bit in the settlement....you knew it going in though, when you walked down the isle with her....you had some good times, got 2 rings, but manny is a baseball slut, and you just traded her in for a nice girl thats almost as hot, and wont cost you nearly as much money or cheat on you....count your blessings, you could be alone, metephorically speaking....</div> Good. Wait until the season is over, take the two draft picks, and say goodbye. Don't throw Manny away ALONG WITH two promising young players. That's idiotic.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 31 2008, 05:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Bay is 6 years younger, will mash in that lineup and in that ballpark, his attitude is infinitely better than Manny's, hes cheaper, hes signed past this year at a low number....the only place i see a downgrade is Manny's experience playing balls off the wall, but I have a feeling Bay can figure that out....the Red Sox were lucky to get bailed out of this situation by the Pirates....</div> Don't bring up money. They're paying 7 million to the Dodgers anyway, so for arguments sake, put Bay's salary up to 14.5 mil. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 31 2008, 05:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Jeez. If you are this mad now, what's going to happen when the Yankees sign him in the offseason?</div> 6th outfielder!
Let me preface this by saying I am the biggest Manny Ramirez fan on Earth. I am not upset with this deal. The Red Sox decided it was time for him to go, so they had to get a deal done. I was scared they weren't going to get something in return that would allow them to remain competitive this year. Jason Bay is younger and can easily replace the stats Manny has put up the last two years. Moss is not an everyday player on a championship team, and Hansen didn't seem to have what it takes to pitch in the majors. Of all the players the Red Sox could have traded, I was glad it was them. They were decent prospects, but I never saw either of them contributing here. Maybe they'll do well for the Pirates, but that's like doing well in AAA as far as I'm concerned. With that said, I will miss Manny alot and I'm sad to see him go. Of all the guys that have left the team recently, him and Pedro were my favorites. Manny was probably the most important player on two world series teams, and he should forever be remembered in Boston for that.
Frankly, if Manny hadn't putt your balls in a guillotine, you'd have gotten much more. That's the only thing I'd be pissed off about, as a Red Sox fan. (And that 9 million that could be spent on international prospects.)
I disagree that we could have gotten more for a two month rental. We probably had to give up more to get Bay in return, but like I've said I really don't care about losing Moss or Hansen. They were second tier prospects in the Red Sox organization.
