Hey Manny, you were losing the game
Hey, dumbass, the score is 7-3
First, I am not going to rip the Red Sox just yet. It’s like one of my friends once said, “Make fun of my Beemer after you get one.”
But Manny, are you joking?? Seriously. Have you lost your mind? When you hit a SOLO home run did you even stop TO THINK ABOUT THE FREAKIN SCORE YOU A***OLE?? YOU WERE LOSING THE GAME. Yep, it was pretty neat that Youk, then Ortiz, then you hit one, BUT YOU WERE LOSING THE GAME 7-3 AFTER YOU HIT IT!!!! You stood there for a 2 count with your arms in the air like you just won the Running Man and Richard Dawson was about to give you a prize.
First, you were in Cleveland, so 40 thousand people didn’t care. Second, it accounted for one run, one, in a game you were losing by 5 runs. Finally, YOUR OWN TEAMMATES were embarrassed. Mike Lowell said “I’ve got to ask him about the hands up (watching at the plate) in a 7-2 (game). I don’t really understand that one, but that’s him.”
Sometimes I like Manny (like after the article with comments from the Cleveland club house manager) but mostly I can’t stand him (because of the posing).
Paul Byrd on an ESPN radio show said it bothered him and Indians but they got fired up about it. Not that they needed more to get fired up about, they are playing great ball right now.
Anyway, watching a player do that when you are about to drop 3 games to 1 in a 7 game series is a joke.
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Below is taken directly from The Sports Guy article on ESPN.com the other day. It is pretty funny. What makes it very funny is that it is probably true! Manny reminds me of Randy, Earl's moronic brother on the tv show My Name Is Earl.
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Mark from Philly offers an inspiring defense for Manny's home run preening: "When Manny went deep, my first thought was, 'Quit posing, Manny, we're still down 7-3.' Then it dawned on me that Manny probably had no idea what the score was. In fact, he probably isn't aware that baseball games are determined by which team scores more runs. Manny's only point of differentiation comes when, after hitting a home run, he sees his teammates waiting for him at home plate -- it's at that point he knows it's time to go to the strip club."
Posted by: Rich | October 18, 2007 07:28 PM
Ha, thanks Rich. I freakin love The Sports Guy.
Posted by: David | October 19, 2007 02:39 AM
Bill Simmons aka The Sports Guy is great even though he is a Boston Homer. If you want a great laugh go and read his Game 4 Running Diary.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/071016
Also go and read this article on ESPN.com about Jason Ray, the UNC Mascot who was killed last March in NJ. Very sad and emotional story.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=rayofhope
Posted by: Unc | October 19, 2007 02:09 PM
Yeah, that was bush league, but as a rabid Sox fan I don't think it's all about showboating at the expense of the team. I really buy into the fact that he just doesn't know what is going on around him, sort of like the Rain Man of baseball.
PS Going to tonight's game!
Posted by: Barry | October 20, 2007 06:41 PM