Terrible article written by an admitted fanboy homer.
Twice in the article it tries to blame Boras yet at the same time admitting that the sox were dealing with Manny's behavior for years before he even had Boras as an agent.
Then the topper - "Manny played 135-145 games every season, remained exceedingly durable into his mid-30s and didn't cheat like numerous other sluggers did."
Too funny!!
Ummm, that's great aside from the fact that I have not trolled here. As far as the "acrimonious" part, bring that up with Kingface and Hugh, they started with me, not the other way around.
Looks like you are facing the 0-2 count!!
While it's true that ground ball rates have spiked over the last few years, the reports that I have read say that it has more to do with the low strike being called at a higher rate than PED's.
If the media "only recognizes NY players", where are all the Mets' awards?
The GG Award is a joke anyway and anyone with the slightest bit of baseball acumen knows this.
I disagree, by almost every defensive metric Jeter was a below to well below fielder, and Posada ranked negative in runs saved for his career I believe.. Williams was maybe average.