Manny Ramirez

As a young writer introductions are some what hard for me so I'm going to start off with something simple. Manny Ramirez is an asshole. I've been following the Sox since before I could remember and Manny has always been exactly the same; he either plays like the Michael Jordan of baseball or a wannabe middle aged man in a softball league. In my opinion he's a great baseball player who doesn't work hard at all (kinda like Randy Moss on a bad day). He doesn't run out pop flies or lay out in the field for absolutely anything (unless of course there's money involved). He is also probably the worst possible player any team could have in their club house. In 2004 the Red Sox actually wanted to give away Manny! When they put him on waivers I was like, "Finally! Manny being Manny is no more!" But Manny just wouldn't leave! Not one team in all of the major leagues wanted the guy! Then, in 2008, Manny started acting like a three old child on a sugar high. After a weekend with his agent, Scott Boras, in L.A the relationship between the Sox and their "toddler" would never be the same again.



On the day of the 2008 trade deadline I was at my grandparents house sitting on the toilet taking care of some "buisness" when i heard my grandmother yelling. I came out of the bathroom to see what was wrong and I saw my grandmother smiling. I asked her what happened and she said, "Manny just got traded." Households along Newengland were all probably going through the same situation, but maybe with a few different scenarios. People in the streets, people kissing babies, the whole nine yards. Every one was and is still celebrating for one reason and one reason only; Manny has been traded. The celebration got bigger when the people of Newengland had learned that Jason Bay was coming to the Bay State. Things just couldn't be better for the Sox (except maybe another worldseries. That would make things a lot better).