bizofbaseball.com - 8/2/2008
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The acquisition of Manny Ramirez is already paying dividends for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers broke a record for the most tickets sold in a 24 hour period after getting Manny at 1pm on Thursday. See how many.
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Five quick links to start your day ... 1. I like Peter Abraham. I do. He runs a great Yankees blog. It's chock-full of great information and I always pull for the scoops to land his way. But please, oh, please let Pete be monumentally wrong with the news that Jason Giambi has shaved his 'stache in advance of the Yankees' series in 100+-degree Texas. (No wonder the sun isn't shining in my parts this morning.) [LoHud Yankees Blog] 2. The Hardball Times matches up the presidents from 1869 to 1933 with the players that best represented their administrations. They say ...
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soxaddict.org 8/2/2008 — You can say what you want about ESPN being biased but they have some pretty intelligent advertising execs working there. Check out the red socks that they left in random laundromats in the L.A. area after Manny Ramirez was traded to the Dodgers..
Yanks Happy To See Manny Go
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 8/2/2008 — From George King : Jason Giambi couldn't suppress his enthusiasm about Yankee killer Manny Ramirez being deleted from the Red Sox lineup. "It's huge for us," Giambi said of the deal that sent Ramirez to the Dodgers and Jason Bay from the Pirates to the Red Sox. "He kills us every time we play him. Having him in their lineup makes every hitter around him better. With him and [David] Ortiz ...
Around The Web: Manny Ramirez Trade Reaction
firenedcollettinow.com 8/2/2008 — I'm just gonna warn you guys now that this is a rather long post, mainly because there is a huge amount of reaction (obviously) to this trade. Like with the Casey Blake Trade Reaction post, there's text in quotes because you would need a subscription to read that stuff normally.
New Face, Same Team
firenedcollettinow.com 8/2/2008 — Welcome to Los Angeles, Manny! This is your new team! Yup, the knight in shining armor arrives, and it's the same old Los Angeles story.
Is it just me, or did last night sorta sum up the Dodgers of the last 20 years? No matter who the player is, whenever the situation is important, that player seems to choke it away. Does it matter if it's the savior of the Dodgers' rotation...
Ramirez's LA debut spoiled by Big Unit (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 8/2/2008
Randy Johnson and the Arizona Diamondbacks ruined Manny Ramirez's debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Johnson (9-7) won his fifth straight start and climbed within seven wins of 300, allowing an unearned run and five hits over six innings in Arizona's ...
