For talking trash about ESPN, now I get to talk trash about Manny Ramirez on a regular basis. Welcome to the rivalry, Manny. This is going to be FUN...
Unfortunately, L.A. didn't have to give up anything, and they probably won't waste the money on Ramirez's option next year, either. [Mild language here - not really.]
In other news, the Giants did nothing. [Really, mild language here.]
-MSH
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Showing posts with label Manny Ramirez. Show all posts
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Manny Paparazzi
Since we have the day off today, and it is the trading deadline, I thought I would take this opportunity to show y'all just how biased ESPN really is towards Eastern teams, particularly the Red Sox and Yanks. Notice I did not say "against Western teams". Here's a prime example why:
You remember all the trading rumors I (and other Giants' bloggers) have been telling you about? Winn to the Mets? Molina to the Yanks, or the Marlins? Aurilia to the Twins? Other than that last one, ESPN has covered none of it. The MLB has mentioned them in passing, but no major network wasted time on them. Now, this is actually normal; you see, trading rumors go in and out all the time, even with the most direct of evidences (for example, Mike Jacobs' own quote about Molina). That's because trades get hung up in details, far more than those that succeed, and such is what makes a possibility a bad story.
Enter ESPN, female-dog pet of the AL East. The purse they've been carried around in this time is the Manny Ramirez trade debacle. Certain rumors start like this, and they catch like wildfire, but they don't get covered by national press because it's all speculation. But now that ESPN covered this, the "blockbuster fizzling" is the new story instead. Hmm.
Welcome to "OK! Celebrity Magazine".
-MSH
You remember all the trading rumors I (and other Giants' bloggers) have been telling you about? Winn to the Mets? Molina to the Yanks, or the Marlins? Aurilia to the Twins? Other than that last one, ESPN has covered none of it. The MLB has mentioned them in passing, but no major network wasted time on them. Now, this is actually normal; you see, trading rumors go in and out all the time, even with the most direct of evidences (for example, Mike Jacobs' own quote about Molina). That's because trades get hung up in details, far more than those that succeed, and such is what makes a possibility a bad story.
Enter ESPN, female-dog pet of the AL East. The purse they've been carried around in this time is the Manny Ramirez trade debacle. Certain rumors start like this, and they catch like wildfire, but they don't get covered by national press because it's all speculation. But now that ESPN covered this, the "blockbuster fizzling" is the new story instead. Hmm.
Welcome to "OK! Celebrity Magazine".
-MSH
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