Deserve Has Everything To Do With It
August 5th, 2008“The Red Sox don’t deserve a player like me,” Ramirez said. “During my years here, I’ve seen how they [the Red Sox] have mistreated other great players when they didn’t want them to try to turn the fans against them.
“The Red Sox did the same with guys like Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez, and now they do the same with me. Their goal is to paint me as the bad guy,” Ramirez added. “I love Boston fans, but the Red Sox don’t deserve me. I’m not talking about money. Mental peace has no price, and I don’t have peace here.”
Perhaps, it was the other way around. Manny didn’t deserve the Sox. He didn’t hustle, abused an employee, fought with Kevin Youklis, and dissed management. Why did he deserve the Red Sox? Will there be a helmet big enough for Manny in Dodgertown?
And then there was the talk that Scott Boras helped Manny out of town by telling him him that he should loaf and sit out games so that he could leave the Sox. If this is true, the Sox should have fined, benched, or sent Manny to Pawtucket for a few days to see how he liked it. I guess it’s just another example of a pampered baby (athlete) getting his way. Would Lou Gehrig pout?