Clay in Disarray;Eck Rips Manny

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Baseball Today: Monday, July 21
Published 7/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... THE LAST STRAW? The landscape has changed. Whereas in the past much of what Manny Ramirez said or did was written off to MBM*, the latest bit of byplay between Ramirez and the front office may have finally tipped the scales away from the Our Lovable Goofball Right Or Wrong extreme and more towards the Enough Is Enough With This Guy center. Dennis Eckersley fired the opening salvo on Friday's pregame show (Boston Dirt Dogs), and the next sign came when no one -- except Manny -- ...

Red Sox fans tiring of Manny's act?
Published 7/21/2008 by mikemcd (mmcdermo@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... Sox should extend Manny's contract, the answer was overwhelmingly positive: 78 percent said yes. Over the weekend we began asking the same question, and so far, 61 percent of you have voted no. In a similar survey conducted by The Boston Globe, 55 percent of respondants are opposed to picking up Manny's $20-million option for next season. As Art Martone noted earlier today in his Baseball Today column, Manny has taken heat over the weekend from Dennis Eckersley, and exasperation from Terry Francona over Ramirez's jovial response to ...