Manny Ramirez Deal To White Sox Now Done

and then we refused to use him to try to win some games that could actually have helped us, and then just dumped him. Thanks dodgers for finding another way to dampen my enthusiasm!

Did Dodgers do the right thing? The prospects offered were probably nowhere near the ones we’d initially dreamed of. If that’s the case then this is probably the right deal. But to a fan’s eye, given divorce trial and the reputation, fair or not, of McCourt’s finances, one could cynically think that money won’t go to help the team. I’m actually not quite the cynical (the Zach Lee signing coup helped), but still… spending a little more money and getting a good prospect would’ve been nice.

Eric, was it you or somebody else that said Manny gave us something like 7.7 WAR over his 2+ seasons with us?

this molly knight tweet from this morning made me lol for real

McCourt trial begins tomorrow. Have to board train at 5:50 a.m to get there. If they settle between 5:51 and 8:30 I will stab an innocent.

DodgerDivorce Frank’s lawyer: I honestly believe a junior high student could understand the effect of the MPA 1 minute ago

updated the post above

Who will take Manny’s place on the 40-man?

This wasn’t like a trade at the July 31 deadline, the White Sox did not have to offer anyone to the Dodgers to get Manny since they already had taken the risk of absorbing the contract by making the waiver claim. The only thing the Dodgers could do was offer to pay some of the contract for a player but again, unless the White Sox really wanted not to pay the contract, they had no real incentive to offer anyone of real value.

It came down to the question of did the Dodgers ultimately want to get some salary relief and send Manny to Chicago or keep him for a probably pointless last month.

So the idea that the Dodgers had any chance to land anyone of note from the White Sox was slim unless they were willing to maybe take on most if not all of the contract, and I doubt given the players the White Sox were willing the trade, that there was anyone in their system they thought was worth that kind of money.

http://www.truebluela.com/2010/8/30/1658392/phillie-preview-if-you-dont-know

Not that nothing was got in return or that McC gets additional $ for attorneys, I am disappointed in how the weekend played out. I truly believe that Joe was told not to play him and that came from higher than Ned. And if I am wrong than it is even worse because then the “baseball guys” (ned,joe, donnie) actually believe that PodBoy playing gives them a better a better chance to win that Manny Ramirez playing does.

this whole thing playing out as the Divorce trial starts where we have a debt laden owner fighting with his adulterer wife over control of the team makes me very jaded. and contrary to Jesse S’s opinion I am starting to lean toward the hope that the team becomes community property and they are forced to sell. I know the next owner could somehow be worse but I really have a hard time imagining how and a change of the magnitude that a new owner should bring is what is needed. Keep Ng and LW and make DeJOn the GM (a tough feat, but money does talk) wipe the rest out. Hire Tim Wallach let him pick his staff, possibly suffer a couple of years of rebuilding but come out far better by 2013 than the present owner and GM would.

Because as a singles hitter with some speed, he is going to be able to take advantage of the dimensions (like Juan Pierre) plus he played the field better than Manny.

Andre Ethier’s performance yesterday had more to do (along with Lilly’s) with the loss than Pods playing instead of Manny.