I vowed (two items under this one) to march on Chavez Ravine and set myself on fire if the Dodgers traded for Manny … or at least light a candle in protest …
And now they have traded for Manny …
But I’m giving myself an out here because my self-immolation also required the Dodgers giving up Matt Kemp to get Manny. And they did not trade Kemp.
So, no gasoline and matches for me today.
Funny thing is, the Dodgers are so lame, they might have given up Matt Kemp, had anyone asked.
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1 Damian // Jul 31, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Paul, you may not be flammable but I am looking forward to the combustion that takes place when ‘Manny Being Manny’ clashes with Jeff Kent in the clubhouse, in the dugout. Kent must be thinking this is his personal sequel to Barry Bonds. Some may remember Manny pushed Youkilis in the Boston dugout about a month ago. Kent has experience pushing back in there. That roster isn’t big enough for those 2 egos.
Manny is fun to watch. When he is not on my team.
Anyway, none of it matters. No trade anyone makes is going to help them beat the might, undisputed Best Team In Baseball Halos, LA’s ‘Laker-like’ franchise to the Dodgers/Clippers.
The Angels were far and away the best team in baseball, no one even close, and then they upgrade themselves by getting Big Tex. What you saw in Boston Mon-Wed. and in NY tonight against a hot Yankees team is no fluke, I can assure you. After all, the Angels have been in first place when they weren’t hitting the first few months. The Angels also swept the Red Sox a week and a half ago.
MLB 2008 should be all about the Angels, even if half of the ESPN and FOX personnel has no idea the Angels are 68-40 because they think the baseball is only played in Boston, NY, Atlanta, and Chicago.
I don’t mind the Angels not getting any national attention and respect from East Coast and Midwest biased media. It’ll just make it all the more amusing when ESPN’s traveling baseball crew and the bumbling, boring and shallow Joe Buck and Tim McCarver try to figure out a way to integrate their all-Red Sox-and-Yankees-stories-all-the-time into their Angels World Series telecasts.
Funny how SportsCenter will lead with Red Sox-Yankees everyday last weekend but Red Sox-Angels comes in 15 mins into the show. I understand ESPN honks wanting to shield their fellow New Englanders from national embarrassment, but it’s too late. All real baseball guys know the Angels own the Red Sox in 2008 and have always owned the Yankees.
How you like me now, Gammons? I know you haven’t watched an Angels game all year on the West Coast and I’m sick and tired of seeing your mug on my money.
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