Manny is smarter than all of us

Quitter. Thief. Jerk. Whiner. Weirdo. Punk. Brat. Idiot. How about we add "genius"?

Manny Ramirez will play his fiftieth game for the LA Dodgers tonight. That will put him at exactly half the amount of games he played with the Sox. Being the curious fool I am, I was wondering what this guy's stats were for the Dodgers. The numbers astonished me. This guy purposely underachieved for the Red Sox.

Keep in mind the Red Sox have a better line up and a hitter "friendly" ballpark, Manny's numbers in LA are unreal. In half the games, he has almost as many homers (20/16) and doubles (22/14). Also he has increased his average by 100 points (.299/.395), on base percentage by 90 points (.398/.488), slugging 127 points higher (.529/.746) and has an OPS (on base plus slugging%) 307 points higher (.927/1.234)!!!!!

Are you kidding me? What other conclusion can we come to? The numbers do not lie. This guy is all that is wrong with professional sports. It baffles my mind how athletes in the last year of their contracts perform so much better than when they are not. Think Mike Mussina this year. People that play fantasy sports will tell you they draft players based on this.

Manny went the other way. In the last year of his contract, he and agent Scott Boras knew that performing poorly would benefit him. With the team holding two option years at $20 million each, he decided he could get more. So he becomes an even bigger P.I.N.T.A. than he has ever before and forces the team to trade him (and drop the option years). He now can show off his immense talent and get the contract of $100 million over the next four years he thinks he deserves.

You know the craziest part? Someone (Hank, Frank McCourt, Omar Minaya) will pay this guy that money. Utterly unbelievable!!

With all this being said, I truly appreciate what this man has done for the Red Sox during his tenure here. However, I will not applaud him upon his return to Fenway. Manny being Manny has finally left Phil being Furious.