Do you know when the "Manny is a malcontent", "Manny is selfish" and "Manny will hang it up" articles came out last year?
It came out the DAY AFTER the Red Sox got swept in the 5 game series with the Yankees ... the DAY AFTER ... Coincidence? Manny got on base in 19 or 20 plate appearances during that series. He got pissed off and blew his top after losing the 5th game .. and he was legitimately injured.
I know this because the Red Sox tried to leak this "selfishness" line to multiple sources in print and electronic media and my ex-student was one of them (yes, I teach)... they knew the fans would be up their asses so they tried what they could to change the subject.
Aug 18th to Aug 21st ... Red Sox lose 5 in a row to the Yankees ... Manny plays all 5 games and is retired once in 20 plate appearances in that series ... but Manny gets hurt, and blows a gasket because he is frustrated with the losing ... so he won't play on Tuesday against the Angels.
Aug 22nd, this article comes out ...
http://www.projo.com/redsox/content/...n.31fb41d.html
... essentially blaming Manny for the "selfishness". Why does an article like this come out a day after a player plays 5 games in 4 days? You play 5 games in 4 days, but you're "selfish" and you've "quit" on the team????
The article contends that Manny "quit" because of a scoring decision ... but he "quit" after 4 innings of Monday's game for a scoring decision made on Friday????? He didn't return for the rest of the season because of the scorer?
Is that the Manny that we know?
Why would he "quit" in the middle of a game?
They fuckt Manny because they could ... they knew he was injured and had a bad hamstring ... and that he didn't talk to the media ... and that he wouldn't care if people tried to dis him ... just like he really didn't care about the scoring decision ... but they made it look like he did.
... and they accomplished what they intended to do ... which was "Let's not talk about the 5 game sweep"
(I am posting this because people keep asking me why I stick up for Manny and why I loathe/despise Red Sox management ... the same people leaked conversations about Theo to Dan Shaugnessy when Theo was negotiating an extension with them ... but they didn't get away with it that time because Theo wasn't Manny and Theo left as a result of the "leak")
It came out the DAY AFTER the Red Sox got swept in the 5 game series with the Yankees ... the DAY AFTER ... Coincidence? Manny got on base in 19 or 20 plate appearances during that series. He got pissed off and blew his top after losing the 5th game .. and he was legitimately injured.
I know this because the Red Sox tried to leak this "selfishness" line to multiple sources in print and electronic media and my ex-student was one of them (yes, I teach)... they knew the fans would be up their asses so they tried what they could to change the subject.
Aug 18th to Aug 21st ... Red Sox lose 5 in a row to the Yankees ... Manny plays all 5 games and is retired once in 20 plate appearances in that series ... but Manny gets hurt, and blows a gasket because he is frustrated with the losing ... so he won't play on Tuesday against the Angels.
Aug 22nd, this article comes out ...
http://www.projo.com/redsox/content/...n.31fb41d.html
... essentially blaming Manny for the "selfishness". Why does an article like this come out a day after a player plays 5 games in 4 days? You play 5 games in 4 days, but you're "selfish" and you've "quit" on the team????
The article contends that Manny "quit" because of a scoring decision ... but he "quit" after 4 innings of Monday's game for a scoring decision made on Friday????? He didn't return for the rest of the season because of the scorer?
Is that the Manny that we know?
Why would he "quit" in the middle of a game?
They fuckt Manny because they could ... they knew he was injured and had a bad hamstring ... and that he didn't talk to the media ... and that he wouldn't care if people tried to dis him ... just like he really didn't care about the scoring decision ... but they made it look like he did.
... and they accomplished what they intended to do ... which was "Let's not talk about the 5 game sweep"
(I am posting this because people keep asking me why I stick up for Manny and why I loathe/despise Red Sox management ... the same people leaked conversations about Theo to Dan Shaugnessy when Theo was negotiating an extension with them ... but they didn't get away with it that time because Theo wasn't Manny and Theo left as a result of the "leak")
