Missing Manny

Yeah, I said it. I miss Manny.

I don’t undertand why Manny had to be traded. I really don’t. I know that most of the Nation is glad he is gone, but I must ask… why?

Why would you want to give up one of the greatest righthanded hitters of all time? A first ballot Hall of Famer? The ultimate protection for Big Papi? Pay seven million dollars to the Dodgers just to take him and two prospects to Pittsburgh to get Jason Bay in return?

Okay, Craig Hansen you can have — for now, unless he works out his command — but by all accounts, Brandon Moss was a good, young outfield prospect. Was he going to be next year’s starting left fielder? No, but he’s a quality fourth outfielder. The seven million? Well, ain’t my money, but it is a bit ridiculous to be padding the wallet of Frank McCourt, who by all accounts is going to go bankrupt because he bought the Dodgers after losing out on the Sox to John Henry — a Manny fan to the end — and Tom Werner.

Now, who did they want to make happy in that clubhouse? Is Manny being gone going to make Captain Mendoza-line start hitting again? Make loud-mouth Schillin... Continue reading »

Wild Thing

I haven’t watched many Sox games on TV yet this year, so this is kind of a surprise to me, but it seems Papelbon has *won* a bet with Youk. I wonder what Youk had to do as the loser…

UPDATE: More about that bet here.