manny finally signs, national nightmare ends

Posted on | March 4, 2009 | Comments

They can say whatever they want, but Manny Ramirez and Scott Boras lost. “Gas is up and so am I.” No. You’re not. As Bill Plaschke pointed out in the Los Angeles Times:

He wanted as many as five years — he agreed to less than half of that.

He wanted as much as $100 million — he agreed to less than half of that.

The Dodgers wanted a slugger who will stay hungry — they got exactly that.

I think this ended up being a good deal for Manny and the Dodgers. However, he can dress up this up all he wants, but the bottom line is that he puffed himself up, weaseled his way out of Boston and all it got him was a change of scenery. Enjoy La La Land, Manny. I hope you can manage to feed your family with that paltry $45 million you finally had to accept. Is this what Boras had in mind when he said he was ready to “play chicken” with Dodgers brass? If so, he sucks at chicken.