Manny Being Manipulated - Bill Simmons

[jacksonianmarch]

according to WEEI, Boras is going to ask for something in the neighborhood of 5 years, $85 mil for Manny

 

im surprised he's actually looking for less than the salary he made here

 

You better believe the yankees will be in the market for Manny, but as I said before, A LOT needs to happen for Manny to slot into our team. We have a lot of LF/DH types and adding another, albeit superior player, to that pile does not help the problem, but extend it.

[soxfan17881]

First, about the Bill Simmons article...

 

Bill Simmons is a very good writer and his work is almost always entertaining. Let's not. however, confuse that with objectivity or accuracy. Bill has the worst case of man-love for Man-Ram that I have ever seen. As such, he seems willing to absolve Manny of most of his ******** and blame most everything on Scott Boras.

 

Of course Boras is a scumbag weasel. No one argues that. But the thought that Manny is somehow this doltish pawn who was operated like a puppet by Boras is insane! Nobody has a better handle on how great a player Manny is than Manny, himself. My firm belief is that while Boras certainly authored the plan, Manny executed it and is culplable (in as much as anyone needs to be considered such - I mean this isn't a John Grisham novel.) Boras is probably also guilty of convincing Manny that he's been s*** on constantly over the last eight years and that he was never truly happy. But that too is a lot Manny's ego, because he felt like that intermittently over the course of his time in Boston. And don't sell either Manny's intelligence short. He hides it the same what he hides his muscular physique under that baggy uni.

 

As for Manny to the Yankees? If it doesn't happen, it will because the Yankees decide to to go after him with enough money. As jacksonianmarch points out, they may not have the incentive to go after him full bore. That being said, Manny will go to the highest bidder, contender or no. And all those ass-much Yankee fans who hated him will turn around and warm up their lips and throw on their knee-pads to welcome him in typical hypocritical Yankee douche-bag fashion. And I agree with Simmons on that point...it will truly be horrible.

[BoSox21]

I'd be surprised if Manny isn't a Yankee next season

[Mr Crunchy]

the yankees dont need manny but may just bust balls in their persuit of him.

im off the mindset that theyre going to be a little closer to the vest in the upcoming years as theyre not sure how bad the assf***ing they give their fans is going take and what the repercussions will be.

they are ass raping their fans,we're used to it here but we play in kenmore square, not jerome and 159th...believe me and ive said it before,it was cheaper for us to see boston ny in nyc than it was in fenway...

hotel, gas money, steaks included.

those days are now gone forever.

theyll sell out all their homegames in the 1st hour they go on sale no matter who's on the payroll but how long that lasts will depend on a variety of issues,winning be 1 of them.

is the dugout big enuff for the heads of manny arod jetsey and mussina?

will manny get rid of his braids and go IBM on us?

does cashmans ass tighten up thinking about the 500M that will cost them this offseason in rebuilding a team closer to 5th than 1st?

nobody is going to go overboard like the mets in persuing manny,they need him more than anyone.

dont the yankees have 10 outfielder/dh/1b types under contract anyway?

i am under the suspicion the family steinberger is moving on tex,the black guy who ate david wells and maybe ben sheets...