Manny Ramirez Wouldn't Ruin the Dodgers' Season, Would He?

Manny Ramirez’s 50-game MLB vacation is just about over. And from the looks of his minor league at-bats, it doesn’t appear that he’s worked too hard during his holiday break in LaLa Land. During his minor league assignment, Manny hit a mediocre 3-for-10, striking out five times against Class-A pitching. Sure doesn’t sound like the form of an overpaid, high-profile slugger, does it? “He’s probably going to be a little bit rusty,” Dodgers' general manager Ned Colletti told reporters Monday. “It will take him a little while.” Rusty? Couldn’t a man who should make $45 million over the next two years of his contract find a way to avoid becoming a tin man? And just how long is Manny going to be rusty? Well, I’ll go out on a limb here, and say long enough for the Dodgers to lose their commanding seven-game lead over San Francisco. Manny has not played in nearly two months, and it’s going to show when he struggles on both sides of ... (link)