As a Red Sox fan I have been watching the games since Manny's departure and finding that I don't really miss him at all. Jason Bay has done an incredible job of stepping into Manny's spot and making the team stronger. I'm not saying that Bay is the same caliber of player that Manny is, because he's not, but he has made the TEAM stronger. The long and short of it is this...Do we miss Manny? I would say no. Do most Red Sox fans have no more respect for Manny? I would say yes. Not in a Johnny Damon kind of way but in a way that you would not be able to respect anyone who quits on their team. Have you seen Manny running around the bases like he's 26 again? It's a joke. This guy would be carrying a plastic spray bottle and washing windshields in NYC if it wasn't for baseball. He has more money than he can count but it obviously wasn't enough. He and Scott Boras represent what is wrong with both the players and the game today. When $20 million a year is not enough, when World Series Championships are not enough, and an opportunity to repeat is not enough, what is? Manny may have everyone out here in SoCal fooled for now but as soon as he and his money grubbing whore of an agent get there money it will be the old Manny again. Putting himself ahead of both the team and the sport. Manny is a great ball player but he has obviously forgotten about the love of the game. If the Red Sox should meet the Dodgers in the World Series I hope they throw at him every time he comes up to the plate.
Manny may look like a winner right now but only a loser quits on his team. Especially when that team is paying him $20 million a year. Go Phillies!!
