Tagged As: Dodgers, MLB, Yankees, Giants, Manny Ramirez, Scott Boras

Manny Ramirez needs a reality check. He is going to be 37 years old this next season. The economy is killing everyone, including professional sports team. He is going to be 37 years old. He is simply not going to get a four-year deal for $100 million. He is going to be 37 years old. I do not know what Scott Boras is telling him, but not even the big-spending New York Yankees are going to make that kind of an offer.

The word right now is that the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants want him. They both need him. They have no offense and need to put up some runs to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks in the pitiful NL West. They do not, however, need to sign a long-term contract for such a huge chunk of change.

This morning Manny rejected a one-year, $25 million offer from the Dodgers. This is the same deal that prompted Ramirez to throw a fit and force the Boston Red Sox to send him across the country so they did not have to hear him bitching.

I have no earthly idea of what Manny is thinking. The message is clear. Nobody wants him into his 40s. Does Boras not read the papers, ESPN, or the countless blogs ridiculing this needlessly dramatic contract negotiation?

Baseball fans in L.A. would love to see him jumpstart the offense again at Dodger Stadium, but even they are not so blind in their pursuit of a pennant that they want such a suffocating price tag.

Who does “Superagent” Scott Boras think he is going to use to play against the Dodgers and the Giants? In addition to the complete disinterest of the Yankees, the New York Mets are not willing to take on the salary and the nearby Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are staying far away from this fight.

Manny is well on his way to sitting beside Barry Bonds at a beach this summer. I would not be surprised if Boras tries to get the Players Association to cry foul midseason and ask why every team in the league refuses to sign Ramirez. This summer is looking just that desperate and that stupid for Manny.

The Dodgers and Giants are going to be turning their attention over to strikeout/homerun machine Adam Dunn and the “not-gonna-field-that-ball” Bobby Abreu. I look forward to a year without listening to the stories of Ramirez and his acidic behavior in the locker room.

It is simply sad that a player can be that greedy when most fans are wondering if they can even afford MLB tickets.