Manny Ramirez from Dodgers to White Sox. Really? Shocking.

History repeating itself. Can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Déjà vu all over again. Take a peek behind any of these clichés and you’ll see the dreadlocked head of Manny Ramirez. Well maybe not for much longer since the White Sox have apparently talked to him about cutting his locks. We’ll see how that goes.




Manny being Manny, huh? Not being the sharpest tool in the shed, I am freely admitting that I don’t understand that saying. Bad behavior is excused because that’s who the person is? What he did in leaving Boston was ridiculous. He quit on his team while they were still in the race for the playoffs. There are a lot of things that talent can excuse, I don’t think quitting on your team is one of them.



So, Manny being Manny, here we go again. With the Dodgers still in the playoff race, Manny quit on them. He was sent up to pinch hit with the bases loaded and produced the worst acting performance since Rosanna Arquette in Desperately Seeking Susan. Stop shaking your heads, of course I didn’t really come up with that. But I’m not stupid. Tina is sitting next to me and it’s smart to keep her involved.



One pitch and he got himself thrown out of the game. One stinking pitch. It was so obvious. How could you want him in your clubhouse? Because he won’t pull that for a while. He goes to a new team and initially he isn’t really Manny. He just plays, and no one can deny how great that can be for his new team.



Manny and Ozzie Guillen. Oh that should be quite a show. It will be all lovey dovey for a while, but watch out for that moment that Manny decides he wants out. I’m not sure that Ozzie will be so understanding then.



Ok, I guess if this whole blog relationship with you guys is going to work, I have to fess up. I am totally honest in my writings here, but damn winning is winning. I put a claim in on Manny in my fantasy league. I know, I know.

Let's get this thing started

Talk about an old dog learning new tricks. And a stubborn, old dog. This idea started when my wonderful girlfriend Tina and I paid a visit to Howie Cohen, an old friend. As we reminisced, well as much as we could remember for old guys, Howie pointed out that I should still be involved in sports. If that’s my passion, I should make that a part of my life. Well, since I hadn’t spoken into a microphone since 1984, I had a pretty good idea that the sportscasting idea was dead. Thankfully this old dog has Tina, who suggested that this newfangled internet might offer something that would allow me to satisfy my sports need.




I blogged a little bit at the Sporting News and then Syracuse.com and now have started my very own site. My passion really seems to be the issues in sports, more so than the x’s and o’s. My hope is that you will join in and offer opinions and feedback so we can all have some fun with this.