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I am 19 years old and I am about to enter my sophomore year at University of Maryland as an English major. I have played sports all my life and am an avid sports fan, and when you combine that with my interest to read and write, sports bloggin becomes the perfect job. Soriano and Manny are my favorite athletes not retired (nobody tops MJ), and I am an all-around Boston sports fan. I live in Needham, about 20 minutes outside Boston, and I hope to put a humorous twist along with some insightful analysis into my blogs.
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Lay off Manny posted on 07/02/2008
I am beginning to grow nauseous hearing and reading about the attacks on Manny Ramirez due to his latest "incidents." Bloggers who seemingly have nothing better to write about than to attack the slugger for his antics are doing just that. I have read blogs calling him a "thug" and complaints on ESPN that the "rules" must also apply to Manny. Well I am here to defend my boy, and I will do just that. Manny's assault on Kevin Youkilis should by no means be condoned, but these are incidents that need to be dealt with and reconciled internally, rather than be turned into a public crusade against Ramirez. One aspect of baseball that has always reigned supreme in my reasons for loving the sport is the clubs' camaraderie and preference to deal with each other over creating media exploits. In the NFL, players such as Chad Johnson and Terrel Owens appear to have closer relationships with cameras and microphones than they do with their teammates and coaches. This is lesser the case in baseball, and has never been the case with the Boston Red Sox. A few players were irritated when their ritual of downing a cup of Jack Daniels between the team prior to games in the 2004 playoff runs was made public. Allegedly Trot Nixon doubled on a 3-0 count, on a pitch he should have taken because he was a little to tipsy to read the sign from third. (If that's not comrodery I don't know what is).
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