Time To Move On!

I am so glad that the Red Sox finally did the right thing and got rid of Manny and I do not care if he is one of the greatest right handed hitters of all time and a first ballot Hall of Famer.

At the end of the day Manny was a selfish jerk who did not care about the organization, its fans and his teamates. To Manny, it was all about the money and more important than winning was to make sure that the Red Sox did not pick up his $20 Mill club option becuase that would hurt his chances to sign another big multi year deal.

The problem with that is that the Red Sox paid him over $140 million for the right for that club option. He had no problem collecting the money from that contract but had a problem with the Red Sox picking up his option. Therefore he was willing to tank games by either choosing not to play or by playing but not hustling. For any fan that was not willing to believe that Manny took three called strikes in the ninth inning of a game against the Yankees earlier this season in order to send the Sox management a message, think again.

I do not care how many home runs he may or may not hit in Los Angeles. It is only a matter of time before Joe Torre will get sick of his act and good luck to the next team that falls into the trap of signing Manny to a long term contract.