July 30, 2005
Manny Scratched
Manny Ramirez was scratched from tonight's lineup. There's been no word from the Red Sox as to why he was taken out of the lineup.
Update: Olerud is batting in Manny's slot and drives in the first run of the game in the bottom of the first.
Update: Manny is still with the Red Sox. Given all that's going on, Francona didn't want to play Manny tonight. Francona will speak to the press after the game on the subject.
Sounds to me like there's more to this than meets the eye.
The WEEI announcers are having a ball with this. They've gone over the statement, they're checking the status of other players that were runored in the trade, they're speculating like nobody's business.
Cameron and Huff are still playing for their teams. Doesn't look like that deal is imminent, but who knows what else might be going on.
Maybe Manny's just getting a wee bit of the Kwame Brown treatment.
Or maybe Manny was late b/c he was getting advice from Enrique Wilson down at the Ritz.
Anyone know of a site that keeps track of all the MLB contracts? Hard to judge any trade without knowing the financial side of things...
