The last few days have been chock full o’ fun, the FRS have lost a bunch of games and Manny Ramirez has been all over the sports pages. There has been plenty of trade talks, Boston and Florida, then Boston and Florida and Pittsburgh. I left work at 4 PM, which was the trading deadline, and there were still conflicting reports – it was going to happen, it wasn’t going to happen. I got home at 4:30 and there was still nothing new.
I was finishing up painting in the middle bedroom around 6 o’clock when Donna came in and said, “Your friend is going to Los Angeles.” At first I thought Angels? No, it had to be the Dodgers and it was. I’ll let the real sports nuts debate over which team got the best part of the deal or the worse part of it, but right now looking at FRS left fielders, new and old, if both players continue at their present production, it looks like a wash. Player to front office relationship has improved, but, more importantly, how it will effect the clubhouse, ask me in a month.
As a fan, I will definitely miss the Manny Being Manny moments, it was nice to see someone enjoy baseball as a game, but for every phone call from the wall during pitching changes there seemed to be a missed game due to “injury” or misplayed ball in left.
Have fun in LA Manny.
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