Manny waiting on 500?

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Manny stuck on 498?
Published 5/21/2008 by mikemcd (mmcdermo@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... Perhaps Manny won't get number 500 at Fenway, but instead that he'll do it when the Red Sox head out for the West Coast later that week. I can't find the Lynn Item column that Nick Cafardo mentions today in the Globe's Extra Bases blog, so I'll link to Cafardo himself. Ramirez told the Item's Maureen Mullen over the weekend, according to Cafardo, that he in fact is not excited about reaching 500, that 600 is really his goal, and he predicts that number 500 will come out West. ...

Sox Put it in Cruise Control With Colon Driving the Bus
Published 5/22/2008 by Fenway West (noreply@blogger.com) at Fenway West
... El Gordo earned his first win for the Red Sox tonight after going 5 innings giving up 7 hits and 2 earned runs. The rest of the staff held the Royal scoreless until Timlin gave up a run in the 9th.. Ellsbury led off the game with a tater and even Julio Lugo got in on the action with 2 hits. Manny continues to be ice cold but as he said today he is saving #500 for the West Coast. Its nice to know that Manny wants to do something for us out here on the other side of the continent. You knew the game was out of reach for K.C. when Remy and Orsillo began discussing stealing ...

It's a Race to the Milestones
Published 5/23/2008 by Ryan Hudson at RealClearSports - Blog
... pitchers he's set to face (Shawn Estes, Wilfredo Ledezma and Greg Maddux). So, who's the pick? Griffey plays the fewest games, and is struggling the most this season, so I don't think it will be him. Plus, the apparent fact that he's getting dealt as soon as he hits No. 600 has to be weighing on his mind. Then there's Chipper, who has missed an average of 61 games each of the past four seasons. He's bound to tweak a hammie this weekend or something. That leaves Manny, who has actually been waiting for this West coast road trip to hit No. 500: "There's ...