What's Up with Manny?

So my favorite baseball player, Manny Ramirez has yet to sign with the Dodgers for this season. The Dodgers have made him two different offers, both for mucho dinero, but not for the 6 years and gazillion dollars he wants. I love the guy, but I have to say I'm disappointed. He burned a lot of bridges with his previous teams over wanting renegotiated contracts every year, and no one else is out there willing to take a chance on him. But rather than sign for huge bucks with the only team that seems to want him, he keeps turning them down, thinking there's something better out there. Here's a future Hall of Famer, who by all accounts does not do 'roids, with potentially no place to play this next season. I mean, the Dodgers even let him keep his dreads! Obviously he's been getting some bad advice from his Super-Agent, Scott Boras, and I think it's time to wake up and smell the pine tar. Sign with the Dodgers, show that for an entire season you can be a team player, and renegotiate next year when everyone's feeling the love for you.

And that's what I have to say about that!

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Goals

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