Probably the most remarkable thing about the Manny Ramirez deal for the Dodgers is that they are *still* willing to deal with Scott Boras clients. Dodger management probably would have gotten off with a justifiable homicide verdict if they had whacked Boras anywhere in Southern California after the Darren Dreifort deal--never mind all of the ways in which he's abused them ever since. Manny may well put up monster numbers for the Dodgers for the rest of the season and get them deep into the playoffs, and keeping him is going to be sorely tempting even if it involves a nine-figure price tag. My advice to the morons in Dodger management is to look at a list with three names on it:

Darren Dreifort
JD Drew
Andruw Jones

Scott Boras will find a way to screw you--open the door, and let that big bat and his dirtbag agent go make someone else insane. You'll thank yourselves later.

Probably the most remarkable thing about the Manny Ramirez deal for the Dodgers is that they are *still* willing to deal with Scott Boras clients. Dodger management probably would have gotten off with a justifiable homicide verdict if they had whacked Boras anywhere in Southern California after the Darren Dreifort deal--never mind all of the ways in which he's abused them ever since. Manny may well put up monster numbers for the Dodgers for the rest of the season and get them deep into the playoffs, and keeping him is going to be sorely tempting even if it involves a nine-figure price tag. My advice to the morons in Dodger management is to look at a list with three names on it:

Darren Dreifort
JD Drew
Andruw Jones

Scott Boras will find a way to screw you--open the door, and let that big bat and his dirtbag agent go make someone else insane. You'll thank yourselves later.

I think you mean 8 figures, not 5 figures.

In any event, I wonder if Torre will have to play Andruw a lot more than you think - after all, he's got to cover for Manny's defensive liabilities in left, so needs someone who can cover ground in center.

I'm not sure how much ground Andruw really covers anymore, other than the ever-increasing amount of ground he covers when he's standind still.

A.S.,
If he plays much at all, it's because of the contract. The team performs better with a legit leadoff batter (Pierre) with Furcal's back in limbo and Kemp & Ethier or two of the best OF prospects in the game. ASSuming that he still has the range of old, my guess is that it'll be against certain lefthanders and probably in the latter innings.

You know, your run-of-the-mill $18 million defensive replacement. Maybe he should change his name to Andruw Koncak?

There is a report in the New York Post that Manny wants to come to the Yankees as a free agent just to stick it to the Red Sox.

We do have a lot of money coming off the cap and left field is open if we move Mastui and dump Damon or just DH him.

Very interesting.

Amazing how far some players have fallen when testing started for real, innit?