Manny Ramirez to the Angels Now Makes TOO Much Sense

that they were not interested, which he did on the Radio then I would have to agree with you. But I just have to believe Reagins on this one, but if he was being the ninja then you are psychic.

Just as angelskid said Reagins did state that Manny will never be an Angel. Now I wouldn’t want a GM who’s a liar. That’s the reason I’m a fan of the team because to me they’ve been probably the most honest team in baseball.

Not saying that it won’t happen but if it does Reagins better have a good explanation. Manny would be a great fit for the Angels and they should have already signed him.

SIGN HIM.

Hell, if the first Bush can lie about “no new taxes” to the entire nation, then surely Reagins can lie about not being interested in Manny Ramirez.

BRING ON THE CIRCUS!

Am I psychic that Manny is on his way here?
Am I delusional or what?

Yes.

Seriously, I don’t think Manny is an Angel.

Manny’s the ONE other OF on the market I can stomach making room for in this line-up. You’d still have to shuffle some parts around, but if you can make it work, you do it, I suppose.

This, again, may have worked better if the Halos hadn’t already re-signed Rivera and ostensibly completely defined the outfield for 2009.

That could be what makes Reagins a genius, though. Think about it: He knows Manny’s going to hold out for a good deal. He knows Bor@$$$ wants the Halos to enter a bidding war, like he got them to for Teix. So Reagins tells the media the Halos aren’t biting and closes up shop.

Suddenly it’s the middle of February, or early March, and Spring Training is rolling right along, without Manny, who’s sitting at home watching cartoons, or going to another car show, (OK, not much different here from his usual Spring Training routine), and possibly missing baseball, having rejected the Dodgers multiple times and alienating every other team in baseball.

Then, out of nowhere, Reagins swoops in and magnanimously offers Ramirez a 1-year contract for $40 million (number pulled out of my ass). Manny takes it, is a model of good behavior, belts 50-homeruns,

and the Halos take the World Series in 2.

Do it.

gives us a better chance to stick it to the Chowds and Spankies………I’d say Manny would make others (Vlad, Torii) even better too……..

Is if Boras goes up to Arte, and says, “Here’s the contract. All we need is your signature.” No way in hell they get into any kind of negotiation.

Interesting to look at the Dodger quotes on this — stuff about how “the player’s agent is frustrating to deal with.” I’ll say. I respect Boras’ doing-a-job bit, and I’m a big Manny fan, but I would be pleased to see the Dodgers pull an Arte on him and say “the offer is withdrawn, good-bye.” That kind of uncertainty is just crazy-making; you can’t make plans. I would like to see Boras punished by the market for this kind of behavior.

Dear Mr. Moreno,

The following conditions must be met if my client is to even remotely consider playing for your team.

1) 8 year, $256 million contract
2) After Manny retires from baseball he is to be paid $10 million per year for 25 years.
3) 51% ownership stake in the Angels
4) Change the team name to the Mannaheim Angels
5) Three picture deal with Paramount
6) Three album deal with Universal Music
7) Weekly TV series on Fox (guaranteed minimum of at least 50 episodes). Tentatively titled, "That’s My Manny!"
8) Hud, Phyz, Gooby and Rory are all obliged to promote “That’s My Manny!” prior to the start of each half inning.
9) 7 Del Taco franchises
10) Theo Epstein punching bag. Except it will actually be Theo Epstein.
11) Reduce the outfield dimensions of Angel Stadium. Currently it’s 330 down the LF line, 387 to straightaway left and 400 to center. Reconfigure to 295 down the LF line, 340 to straightaway left and 375 to center. Walls to be padded with extra thick light blue velour.
12) Any fan who boos Manny will be banned from the stadium, thrown in jail, and forced to watch “The Best of Canadian Curling” for 15 hours.
13) A diamond tiara, a pink Cadillac Escalade, and a full length fur coat for Jon Heyman
14) Manny is allowed to piss anywhere, anytime.
15) Official scorer can never charge Manny with an error.
16) Porn on demand.

This is part 1 of the contract conditions. Parts 2, 3, and 4 will follow.

Yours truly,

Scott Boras
The Scott Boras Corporation

this is where you all get your hopes up one last time and get let down.

colletti and mccourt even said theyre still going after him. that 1 year deal wasnt their last offer.

In late July, Manny did his semi-dive-roll-around-get-up-dive-again-roll-around-lay-an-egg-laugh-his-ass-off-while-Izzy went-to-3B routine in front of all Angel front office decision-makers.
I doubt this has been forgotten, especially with the memory of Jose “Angry Helmet Toss Olympic Champ” Guillen in mind.
I think the front office has looked at…
1) Manny’s past behavior.
2) The general economy and specifically season ticket sales.
3) The level of talent in the Angels organization.
4) The divisional competition.
5) Manny’s agent.

…and decided there is no way in hell he will ever be in an Angel uniform…not in 2009 anyway.

He has a better chance of playing for the Seibu Lions than for the Angels in 2009..

Jersey sales of Manny in red would almost make up for the contract alone. Add that to season ticket sales and national media attention, you can see this more as a business signing than anything else.

Sign him for 2-3 years, you might be able to land your own TV Network Arte.

Before After

Figgins Figgins
Kendrick Kendrick
Vlad Vlad
Hunter Manny
Rivera Hunter
Napoli Rivera
Morales Napoli
GMJ Morales
Aybar/Wood Aybar/Wood

Huge difference of feel and strength.

I love Reagins, but what advantage does it give the organization, one that desperately needs a proven post-season bat, to publicly declare that you’re not interested in one of the greatest bats in the past 25 years?

Let’s go get him!!!

ICK

i just don’t see it.

and that makes me sad.

Can you really see Manny as being the new face of this franchise? Can anyone see this turning into Manaheim for ONE season before he gives up, grows apathetic, crumbles into charcoal, starts grabbing personnel by the neck or throwing them to the ground, blocking the plumbing with towels, or hiding under the rocks to play Gameboy?

will be based solely upon 2 things: what Choakland does & If they feel they are getting Manny at “the price they like”.

But htis is pretty funny

http://soxblog.projo.com/2009/01/manny-finally-g.html

The first word in the first 5 lines says it all:

He He He He He

…then yes I’m all for it. Because, there’s no doubt, it’d be entertaining.

If part of running a successful sports team is about minimising the non-sporting distractions, so that the whole roster can get on with their job, then you’d have to think our resident Japanese-style assassin is going to think twice about it.

And if he doesn’t get what he wants, he won’t be happy.

this would absolutely bury the Dodgers….their fans would be so damned demoralized that they would like like a sorority girl after a night of wine coolers followed by a morning of the “walk of shame”. Yes, Manny can be a nightmare, but his upside and well tempered Manny is tough to beat….his presence in the post season would be unbelievable. So what’s his walk-up song? My money is on Eek A Mouse, Wa Do Dem.

This is the part in the movie where we watch the ninja prepare for battle, as we lick our lips in anticipation for the triumphant ass-kicking finale! SIGN HIM.

Right now Boras is still on the offensive with the negotiating mindshare. He is slipping, but still in the lead. Hindsight suggests that Arte does not allow players or agents to gain the upper hand within his idea of an organization. Better to wait for Boras to move to defense as he loses more and more leverage against the Dodgers, then step in with roses and “save” Manny from the Giants, or sitting out the season, etc.

On the one hand, I fear that the young guns will fail to step up and our offense will be even more terrible than last year. When those thoughts creep into my mind, my gut instinct is to sign another bat. Manny certainly is the best offensive force out there, and his post-season reputation makes him all that much more appealing.

On the other hand, I feel like this is the year that Howie is going to stay healthy, Wood is going to have some consistency at the plate and find his power stroke at the major league level, Kendry will prove himself with the opportunity to play everyday, and Aybar will continue to develop his major league skills. All that being said, signing that self-absorbed jack-ass makes me fear a crappy clubhouse situation, a la Jimmy Edmonds and Jose Guillen.

I just don’t see Manny embodying ‘Angel Baseball’ and I just don’t see Tony or Arte dropping $50 million on a guy we quite possible don’t even need to win. This is going to be the year that guys get to prove themselves. And if some of them don’t, we have room to make moves at the deadline.

the fact of thr matter is he would make our lineup so much better…look what he did with the Dodgers…and the Angels are ten times the team they are. we are going to be first round clowns ever year if we dont beef up the middle of our lineup.

said they had an organizational meeting before free agency and determined all the way back then that they werent going to pursue manny. They want Kendry to play everyday and felt Rivera completed the outfield.

If you ask me, they want to cut payroll and build long term

I saw that video and I don’t think Manny should ever be a discussion on this site again as long as it involves an acquisition by the Angels

Manny Ramierez stands for everything “Angels Baseball” is not! And also against everything Mike Scioscia has built his Angels legacy on!

Who was the Angels’ 02 “manny ramierez”? No one!

And why in the f**k would we want the Red Sox & Dodgers sloppy seconds???
The Red Sox gave this POS away. Why? Because he was detrimental to the teams overall success. Offensive stats and all, he was that much of a cancer to the team. Lets learn from that, build on that, and beat them next season!
 
I will put my trust in Arte, Tony, and Big Mike to point us in th right direction.

for him to say the things he has is just obsurd, manny is a future hof’r so for him to not even consider him is ludacris, step up or we just go down, the west is gonna be more competitive and with tex gone vlads numbers just may go down again, just look at what vlad did when tex was here!

well obviously you got my point!