Worcester Telegram & Gazette Bill Ballou

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What’s Eating Manny Grape? Open Letter To Manny Ramirez
Published 7/21/2008 by josh q. public at josh q. public
... ?  Why are you rolling around in the outfield like, like I dunno what?  Why are you publically criticizing management?   Is it about the money?  Is it?  Is it?  Really?  Frankie says relax.  Bob Dylan, brother.  Don’t listen to that dope in Wistah. Like Jimmy the Saint, you’ll be drinking boat drinks in no time.  So the Sox aren’t ready to make a decision on your contract.  So what?  Don’t worry.  Like ...

Baseball Today: Monday, July 21
Published 7/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... and Bill Ballou of the Worcester Telegram to ponder whether the Red Sox would be better off without him, especially since his current levels of production are no longer so otherwordly that you'd pay $20 million -- and put up with the Manny Package -- for the privilege. ...

Manny Being Beleaguered
Published 7/23/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... . Yes, Ramirez may be expendable—but Holliday and Teixeira are not the panaceas that Boston-based writers hope they are.) The Worcester Telegram also picked up the charge, with Bill Ballou calling Ramirez “obnoxious” and suggesting that the Sox replace him with—get this—Brandon Moss. “That’s a smart business move, for sure,” wrote Ballou. Apparently, what Moss brings to the lineup at 400k is worth what Manny brings at 20MM, what with “the emergence of JD Drew as a production threat.” Friends, this is where I start vomiting into my hands. This is where I break out into hives. ...