Comments on: Manny aims to ‘be a role model,’ rehab image

By: dan1111

dan1111 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:43:36 +0000

That particular incident is speculation. Anyway, I’m not defending his record, which I described as “doing many stupid things”. Nor am I saying that sincerity cancels out his record.

By: dan1111

dan1111 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:33:57 +0000

Sure, it makes a difference, but Manny is not some marginal candidate. He is #9 all time in OPS and has 555 home runs. That makes a difference, too. I think a candidate with a slam-dunk resume like his will only be kept out if all of them are.

By: jackybadass

jackybadass — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:09:31 +0000

hey manny go away!

By: Jack Marshall

Jack Marshall — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:08:55 +0000

Right. How about “all steroid users who were caught TWICE”? Don’t think that makes a difference? You’re dreaming.

By: Jack Marshall

Jack Marshall — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:34:59 +0000

10. Taking the last part of the season off with a mystery injury when the team was racked with injuries in 2006, quitting on his team and making Francona play players like Youk in left field during a pennant race.

11. Forcing the team to trade him during a close pennant race because he won’t play hard, then immediately running and hustling and hitting like his pants were on fire for the Dodgers, leaving no question that he was dogging it, and could play hard when he felt like it.

The argument that Sox fans should just ignore his outright betrayal because Manny earned his 20 mil a year for 7 of the 10 years is brain dead logic, and I’m sick of hearing it. Manny flunked the HOF character qualifications BEFORE he tested positive for PEDs, and may be the only candidate to test positive TWICE. He’ll go into the Hall right after Jose Canseco, the one player I can think of who is a bigger jerk than Manny.

By: btwicey

btwicey — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:18:28 +0000

Good for you manny, wish him all the best.

By: Jack Marshall

Jack Marshall — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:18:27 +0000

Uh-uh. Like he sincerely struck out against Mariano Rivera intentionally to show the Red Sox he sincerely wanted to be traded. Give me a break.

By: stex52

stex52 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:40:14 +0000

Decking an elderly man and tanking on your team to get a trade are enough for me. He might have even had a chance to make up some if the subsequent experience in LA and TB had been much better.

The HOF does have a character component. There is no doubt there are some reprobates in the hall. But in any reasonable judgment for a baseball player, quitting on your team ( a team that has enriched you beyond your wildest dreams) has got to push you off the edge.

Phenemonally gifted hitter, Yes.

Low life, Yes.

By: hammyofdoom

hammyofdoom — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:24:24 +0000

Are you kidding ? Boston fans can respect Manny for what he brought with his bat, but he literally quit on the team 06, not playing for most of the last month simply because the team wasnt making the playoffs. When you go around shoving elderly people to the ground for not giving you what you want, not giving a shit in the outfield, requesting trades every year, forgetting what knee hurts and when you’re forced to play watching nothing but strikes and never taking the bat off of your shoulder, you wear out your welcome. I was 14 when the Red Sox won their world series in 04, and Manny was always my favorite player, and while I was sad he got traded and did so well with the Dodgers, he needed to go. He COULD hit the ball better than nearly anyone, and thats what it even more infuriating when he didn’t give as much of a care as he could have because he was wasting so much talent and when I should have loved the guy whole heartedly, he made me dislike him time and again

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:19:00 +0000

Raise your hand if you did not fall out of your chair and land on your touchas from laughing too hard when you read the title of this thread.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:17:12 +0000

Because Jesus told us that we must deride the slothful, misanthropic, confused and stupid. It’s too bad that there were nothing but Republicans around when he said it and none of them bothered to write it down.

By: takemytalentstosoutheuclid

takemytalentstosoutheuclid — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:02:44 +0000

You chowder heads kill me. This guy was the second coming of Jesus in Boston 8 years ago, now you line up to bash him. Face it, if you don’t have Manny, you are going on year 94 this season without a championship. Period. No Manny, no titles. You know it. Is he lazy, not a good teammate, poor decision maker, not extremely intelligent? Undoubtedly. He could, however, hit the ball like few ever have. Why not just appreciate him for what he did for your team, laugh at Manny being Manny, and leave it at that?

By: pisano

pisano — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:55:33 +0000

nudeman… with that post I think you said all that needs to be said about Manny, and it’s all 100% true. I just hope he finally gets a hint that no one wants a cancer like him on their team. Adios Manny.

By: bobwsc

bobwsc — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:46:53 +0000

he’s going the Canseco route. rapidly declining skills, little power left (and much of what he had was based on PEDs) and he’s refusing to accept the obvious. and he beat his wife and threw down a Medicare eligible traveling secretary…so there’s that side to him, which flies in the face of his delusions of role modelism.

By: nudeman

nudeman — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:31:42 +0000

Smilie face was a typo
Should have been #8

And yes, he’s still an idiot

By: nudeman

nudeman — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:28:18 +0000

If you believe what you just wrote then you are dumb as a box of rocks.
Why the hate for Manny?
Let’s see:
1) Failed 2 drug tests
2) Lied about it
3) Decked the Sox traveling sec’y before they got rid of him
4) Jogged down to 1st base to turn a force out into a DP’
5) PH against Yankees w/2 outs in 9th; took 3 strikes on purpose to help Sox lose and force a trade
6) Refers to self in 3rd person
7) Is an idiot
8) Hated by teammates
9) Asked out of lineup with sore knee; when he went for MRI, couldn’t remember which knee it was

Want me to keep going?

He is sorry for getting caught. Period. Any team that signs him is dumber than he is.

And he won’t ever be going to Cooperstown.

By: andyreidisfat

andyreidisfat — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:15:19 +0000

Why is their so much hate for manny, I understand if your a rays fan, but even then it’s not like manny was the end all for that team. Of your a Boston fan, you have zero right to say anything about manny as he was half the offense for both series wins. Even the dodgers fans shouldn’t have much beef with him considering that if their was no phillies the dodgers most likely go to back to back ws.

While I lost a lot of respect for manny when he came back positive for peds, though not as much as I lost for some other players as I think manny used to prolong his career as opposed to breaking records.

I saw the interview and IMO he was being honest both with Pedro and himself. I would love to see this guy come to play for the phillies this year as a really strong 4-5 outfielder , in case someone doesn’t pan out

By: phukyouk

phukyouk — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:13:52 +0000

First step towards rehabilitation…. stop referring to yourself in the 3rd person, Douchebag!

By: ptho16

ptho16 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:39:53 +0000

Manny probably still hasn’t cashed any of his checks, so money won’t matter.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:39:15 +0000

No body thinks that, no one has ever thought that, anyone that ever finds out exactly how many hits Clemente had already knew how he died.

By: deepstblu

deepstblu — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:56:16 +0000

I wonder how many kids who look at baseball statistics for the first time think Roberto Clemente might have retired in mid-game, so he could have exactly 3000 hits. (If you actually think that, ask your grandpa. Or look Mr. Clemente up on Wikipedia.)

By: dan1111

dan1111 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:38:21 +0000

Un-retiring in mid-game would be even more entertaining than retiring in mid-game!

By: 1943mrmojorisin1971

1943mrmojorisin1971 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:46:30 +0000

Maybe a bit too late for that.

In a related story, John Kruk aims to be the stolen base champion.

By: dan1111

dan1111 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:32:37 +0000

The only way he doesn’t get in is if the anti-steroid contingent is strong enough to block all steroid users. However, it wouldn’t shock me if that happened.

By: dan1111

dan1111 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:41:40 +0000

Manny has always seemed sincere to me. He comes across as a well-meaning person with some serious weaknesses. Of course, that doesn’t cancel out his track record of doing lots of stupid things.

By: bearsstillsuck

bearsstillsuck — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:23:34 +0000

He won’t play got another team, but I’d be shocked if he didn’t get in the hall.

By: Jack Marshall

Jack Marshall — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:19:15 +0000

Fool you once, shame on Manny. Fool you 2,367 times, you’re an idiot.