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Scientists Make Rare Manny Ramirez Sighting In The Wild
Research vessel in Costa Rica spots Manny Ramirez getting ready for the baseball season by frolicking with hot babes at a seaside resort. [Baseball Musings]...

That's Just Scott Boras Being Scott Boras
Manny Ramirez turns down Dodgers' offer of $25 million over one season, leaving the door open for ... the Washington Nationals? [The Nationals Enquirer]...

Albert Pujols Is Calling For Backup
Albert Pujols wants the Cardinals to go after Manny Ramirez. You understand that there will be hell to pay if this fails to happen. [3:10 To Joba]...

The Return Of The Powerful Lip Fur, And Milton Bradley Is A Cub (Hide All Sharp Objects)
• No Way This Ends Badly. Cubs, Milton Bradley agree to sane, very thrifty three-year, $30 million deal, pending physical examination. Hopefully will not include psychological testing. [Chicago Tribune]...

Are A Metric Ton Of Dreadlock Wigs Headed To San Francisco?
The CBS affiliate in San Francisco is reporting that the Giants have offered Manny Ramirez a four-year deal for undisclosed dinero. Just imagine my delight*....

Manny Hints At Possible Three-Year Deal With Yankees
Manny Ramirez has no comment on latest rumor of possible Manny Ramirez-Yankees deal reported by Manny Ramirez. [Yahoo Sports]...

Yankees Want Manny, Building Ark For Rest Of Acquisitions
Yankees going hard to the hoop on Manny Ramirez ... three years, $25 million per year? May include a share of Madonna. [New York Daily News]...

If The Dodgers Sign Manny Ramirez, A Child May Go Hungry
Frank and Jamie McCourt have a proposition for you, Dodgers fans. Instead of signing Manny Ramirez and CC Sabathia to put a competitive team on the field, wouldn't you rather have 50 brand new Little League fields? They'll even throw in some bats and a bucket or two of baseballs. Think about it, cit...

Bill "Spaceman" Lee Defends Manny, Canadians and Irish Assassins
Bill Lee isn't famous because he was a good pitcher for a few years in the 1970s. He's famous (and beloved) because he has absolutely no filtering mechanism between his brain and his mouth. The man is a quote machine and so when Boston recently honored him, Mo Vaughn and Mike Greenwell by inducting ...

Begun, The Manny Bidding Wars Have
It was highly entertaining when the New York Post reported late last night that the Dodgers had offered Manny Ramirez $60 million over two years; which would have made him the highest-paid baseball player in history. The claim is highly dubious, coming as it did minutes before Ramirez declared free ...

Why Yes, Tim McCarver <i>Does</i> Have An Opinion About Manny Ramirez
The NLCS starts tomorrow ON FOX! We know Joe Buck is amped, but how does Tim McCarver feel about covering the Phillies, the Dodgers, and the story of the moment—i.e., Manny Ramirez Reborn? Well, let's just say Tim should bring some extra towels with him if he decides to head down to the Dodger locke...

Manny Ramirez Gets Fellated By Business Columnist For His Mannyness
Manny Ramirez has been called many things in his baseball career from "flake" to "distraction" to "pure hitter" to "clueless shithead". Business Week gives him another moniker: corporate innovator. The tagline for the story is "Why the Dodgers' dreadlocked bad-boy is the best thing to happen to L.A....

The Manny Wigs Are Here; Get 'Em While They Last
Now available at the Dodgers Pro Shop, finally; Manny Ramirez dreadlock wigs. The Dodgers were quite crafty with the release of this item; they're here just in time for back-to-school shopping. Backpack? Check. Binder? Check. Manny wig? Si! If the team wants to have any hope of outbidding the Yankee...

The Dread Lock Decision: Manny Complies With Haircut Edict; Barely
Manny Ramirez finally got a haircut on Thursday — as you can see he's practically bald — and the results were predictable. Apparently he angered Jobu, going 0-for-3 against the Phillies. But thanks to the mojo of the Joe Beimel bobblehead, the Dodgers still won, 3-1, to sweep the four-game series an...

Manny Ramirez Fails To Notice That In The National League, Games Are Nine Innings
First of all, this is not the Manny Meltdown that we've all been expecting. Repeat: Meltdown still pending. But it's comical nonetheless. Manny Ramirez, playing in the outfield for the Dodgers vs. the Phillies on Monday, suddenly disappeared between the eighth and ninth innings. No one noticed until...

Settle Down Everyone; There's No Manny Probe
The Boston Globe reported today that Bud Selig was ordering an investigation into the Manny Ramirez trade; specifically looking at allegations that agent Scott Boras orchestrated the whole thing. But no, gun-jumpers; no soup for you. Selig said that he just had a couple of follow-up questions, and t...

Manny Mania Grips Los Angeles
New item at the Dodgers Pro Shop beginning next week: Dodger hat with attached dreadlocks. (This is true). So much for Joe Torre's request that Manny Ramirez get a haircut; that's the last thing Frank McCourt wants to see happen now that his team is making scratch off of its big acquisition. Reason ...

Exit Manny, Strong Men Also Cry, And The Legend Of Jason Bay
Interwebs blowback from Wednesday's and Thursday's MLB trading deadline deals ... • Manny Memories: Can It Be That It Was All So Simple Then? OK Red Sox fans, you just broke up with the equivalent of a girlfriend who was really, really great at first, but turned out to be a little a lot looney in th...

Manny To Dodgers, Bay To Red Sox, Little People To Pirates ... Mass Hysteria
Only trade deadline day can make the Intertubes blow up at 4:30 p.m. in the afternoon. Well, unless Heath Ledger dies. Anyway, Jon Heyman's got it: Manny Ramirez has been traded to the Dodgers. His manager is Joe Torre. Muse on that....

Manny May Be A Marlin In A Matter Of Minutes
Will Manny Ramirez find the peace of mind he seeks in the land of Gators and hanging chads? It's true: Our protagonist is THIS close to being a Marlin; words that in just about any other time would be a dire threat, but this year sound kind of intriguing. At any rate, Florida home attendance should ...