July 31st. It might as well become a holiday in the city of Boston, along with Evacuation Day, Boston's way of citing the Revolutionary War as an excuse to skip work and celebrate St. Patrick's Day, and Patriots' Day, Massachusetts' excuse to skip work and watch the Boston Marathon. It is Manny Ramirez "will he be traded" day.
This year's holiday, though, might have meaning. This one might stick.
Ramirez is in the last year of the eight year contract given to him by the Red Sox, albeit with two club option years at an additional $20,000,000 per season. The Red Sox, however, may choose to not exercise these options, effectively making Ramirez a free agent at the end of this season.
This, compounded with the statements he made to ESPNdeportes.com , leads many a Red Sox fan into brainstorm mode.
We have the baseball team that can win now, but we more than likely do not if we trade away Ramirez in a purely "future" deal. Therefore, it is hard to say what kind of trade would even make sense for ...
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Boston Red Sox - Manny open to trade talks - The Boston Globe
boston.com 7/28/2008 — Manny Ram rez has long nursed a hurt about his years with the Red Sox, but has seldom, if ever, articulated it publicly. That was not the case yesterday afternoon, when the slugger, speaking with a gravity seldom present in his exchanges with ...
Jon Lester is ... The Stopper
whomadeyoumirabelli.com 7/28/2008 — That Jon Lester has become the Red Sox stopper isn't stunning. That's he's done so much faster than possibly could have been expected truly is. That the Red Sox had to win Sunday night is melodramatic, but also true. Somehow that sounds an awful lot like the truth about Manny Ramirez: He's a drama queen, but he's a drama queen Boston desperately needs.
Did You Expect “Manny Being Yaz?”
crawdaddycove.com 7/28/2008 — Everyone is furious with Manny Ramirez because he asked for a day off on Friday night (our first game of this important series vs. the Yankees) saying his knee hurts. Dan Shaughnessy captures the controversy well, writing in today’s Boston ...
Ponson can't extend Yanks' win streak | Yankees.com: News
newyork.yankees.mlb.com 7/28/2008 — BOSTON -- In the overall picture, the Yankees accomplished their goal of coming into Fenway Park and taking two out of three from the Red Sox. Yet they couldn't help but feel as though there had been a missed opportunity on Sunday. With the Bombers ...
Manny: I'd play in Iraq —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/28/2008
Think the Red Sox have had their fill of Manny Ramirez? Well, he's had enough of them as well. Ramirez declared Sunday that he wants out of Boston. He's willing to go whenever possible before Thursday's trading deadline.
Ortiz, Ramirez strike again —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/28/2008
With the opportunity to sweep the Red Sox and pull into a tie for the wild-card spot Sunday night, the Yankees hoped for the best as they handed the ball to Sidney Ponson. The Yankees lost 9-2 and Sox snapped their eight-game winning streak.
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