Knoblauch’s Knuckleheads are back and today’s entry is…Manny ( I didn’t know they were female steroids) Ramirez!
Manny is the lucky winner of this spot after his comments yesterday that he would not be back in Los Angeles next year. Manny told ESPN.com:
I won’t be here next year, so I just want to enjoy myself,” Ramirez said. “I don’t know [if he'll play next year]. I just know I’m not going to be here. When the season is over, I will see where I’m at.”
I appreciate Manny’s honesty by realizing he’s not 23 years old anymore, but I still find myself only thinking one thing in response to this:
YOU THINK?! REALLY!?
Manny, thank you for the most anti-climatic statement in some time. It hasn’t been that long since you were suspended 50 games for using steroids. (Check out the article detailing Manny’s “devastation” about his positive test for female fertility drugs (snicker now) after the jump)
The reports at the time said that Manny was “devastated.” Well, of course he was! He had to give back part of his $25 million to the Dodgers for violating the drug policy. I don’t care how much money you have, if you have to pay somebody roughly $10 million dollars back, you fee it.
Manny has spent his career being aloof to the world around him and this statement just proves that not much has changed as he has “matured” as a player. If his name was not Manny Ramirez, and he didn’t play in such a flake sports town that is Los Angeles, he would probably have been cut or traded by now.
Manny’s numbers also were noticeably low last year. Even though that was due in part to his suspension and injuries, that missed time was due in part to his steroid use.
Manny, EVERYONE knows you are about finished. There was no shocking revelation to the public.
Maybe the real story is that Manny, for possibly the first time in his life, get’s it too. The joke’s on him.
This is still pretty funny
Check out the ESPN.com article about his leaving after the jump.
