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McCarver: In Boston, Manny's act was 'despicable'
McCarver: In Boston, Manny's act was 'despicable'
Manny Ramirez has been nearly unstoppable since joining the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 1. Tim McCarver, who will call the NLCS on Fox television, is among those who have noticed.
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Tim McCarver Needs to Shut Up
Arin It Out — ... Why did he feel the need to talk smack about Manny Ramirez?  I don't know.  Maybe he felt it was his "duty" as an announcer (an awful one) to put Man-Ram in his place.  Maybe he thought he was being funny or witty, but what really what he ended up doing was exposing himself as a complete and utter douchebag...again. ...

McCarver rips Ramirez
SPORTS COUCH POTATO — ... With Fox ready to televise the National League Championship Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers starting Thursday, analyst Tim McCarver leveled a mighty broadside at Manny Ramirez. McCarver, who will team with Joe Buck, called the ex-Boston Red Sox star's commitment to his former team "despicable." Read more here. ...

Paging Deion Sanders, Please Pick Up Your Water Cooler Immediately
Sons of Steve Garvey — Look who's joined the Manny-bashing: baseball talking head Tim McCarver: Manny Ramirez has been nearly unstoppable since joining the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 1. Tim McCarver, who will call the National League Championship Series on Fox television, is among those who have noticed. "It's extraordinary -- the dichotomy between what he was in Boston and what he is in Los Angeles," McCarver said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. "I mean, talk about wearing out your welcome in a town, and it was a long welcome with the Red Sox. But ...

Click, click, click..
BOSTON IRISH — ... Speaking of telling it like it is, tip of the cap to Tim McCarver, for absolutely saying 'Hey, the emperor has no clothes, people!'. Manny mailed in his final shift in Boston and it's about time someone took the greedy gimp to task. ...

Tim McCarver: Manny’s Actions in Boston Were “Despicable”
Sports of Boston — ... I know Tim McCarver isn’t the most reliable source. He once said during a FOX broadcast of the 2004 ALCS that Brandon Arroyo AND Pedro Martinez would start in Game 2 of that series. Yes, there are many things wrong with that statement…but moving on, McCarver said Wednesday that Manny Ramirez’s final months in Boston were “despicable ...

Facts About Manny Ramirez
Baseball Prospectus: Unfiltered — ... joined the chorus-well, actually he stepped in front of the chorus, grabbed a mike, waved down the band and called for a spotlight-Wednesday, slamming ...

Morning Answers to Questions Nobody Asked
Walkoff Walk — ... Who is more despicable, Manny Ramirez or Tim McCarver? We may not know everything that goes on behind the scenes with Manny and his presumed lack of effort with the Sox, but we know everything that goes on in the booth with McCarver because he can't shut his fat mouth. Says McCarver about Manny, "But some of the things he did were simply despicable, despicable -- like not playing, refusing to play. Forgetting what knee to limp on. And now it's washed, it's gone." All bullshit, all secondhand stories that he heard, all completely inconsequential. Facts are facts: ...

LCS, LIFE ON MARS, HOCKEY AND CAROL ALT NAKED, HAPPY THURSDAY “YOUES GUYS”!
Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog — ... Sarah Youbetcha will drop the first puck at Saturday’ Rangers-Flyers game  Also the Stepford Governor will be selling Tupperwear between periods .   WOW I haven’t bought an issue of Playboy since I wore those quinoa shirts and platform shoes but this issue is a must for me.   Tonight in Philly, Deion Sanders get to throw out the ceremonial first bucket of ice water over Tim McFullofshit’s head.        Looks like I ...

Sensing turn in spotlight, Tim McCarver bashes Manny Ramirez
Big League Stew — ... McCarver said yesterday on ESPN that he doesn't regret using the word "despicable" regarding the way Manny Ramirez acted in the month of July before he was traded to Los Angeles. As expected, Manny just shrugged off the comments in usual fashion and I'd be surprised if he responded the way Deion Sanders did so many years ago. He just doesn't seem to care what other says about him.  ...

Tim McCarver Calls Manny Ramirez 'despicable'
The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network — With FOX Sports covering the NLCS this year, television analyst Tim McCarver was interviewed about the upcoming series between the Phillies and the Dodgers and was asked about the extraordinary play of Manny Ramirez since arriving with the Dodgers. McCarver – in a way that only McCarver can – gave a backhanded compliment to Ramirez. As reported by ESPN: ...

Opinion: To Manny or Not to Manny?
Hot Foot — ... - The guy might be a proven winner, but he’s far from a proven gamer.  He’s been known to quit on his team when things aren’t exactly going his way, and his lack of hustle can really put a hurtin’ on the team.  I’ll step aside and let Tim McCarver do the talking on this one: ...

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