It is Day Two of the Manny Era in Los Angeles and things are developing nicely.
He had his first homerun as a Dodger tonight, something that contributed to a big win over the first place Diamondbacks and earned him a curtain call from the fans.
Tickets are selling like crazy. They sold something like 11,000 tix for Friday's game between 1 PM Thursday when the trade was announced and 4 PM Friday. They also sold a few hundred season tickets - all for a player the Dodgers aren't even paying this season.
There's a definite buzz in the air that hasn't surrounded the Dodgers in a long, long while. When I went to lunch on Friday afternoon, ESPN was discussing the deal at length - for basically an entire show. I can't remember the last time that happened.
To drop the cherry on top, Manny apparently announced to the world that he's so happy in LA that he hopes to retire as a Dodger. Now, one can never tell if that's just "Manny being Manny" but on Day Two of the Manny Era, the fans seem like they would agree with him.
Of course, there's an odd man out at the moment named Andre Ethier who has spent two days on the bench despite playing so well this season. Here's hoping they can get Andruw Jones or Juan Pierre out of town on a waiver deal to clear the logjam a bit because Andre definitely deserves to be playing right now.
But for now, the Manny Era is in full effect and everything is sunshine and roses.
Check back later to see if it stays that way.
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1 comments:
Hey Blue,
Man-Ram is in the mother fuckin house yo!!! I can't agreed with you even more. Man, let me tell you, tickets have went up 20,000 and Manny didn't cost us nothing. His 7 million is being picked up by Boston and we only gave up La Roche and 4 minor leaguers that weren't all that. The only thing that worries me is Manny is 36 and will turn 37 in May. Hopefully we can pick him up for 3-4 years but he is looking at 18-20 million a year with an option. Plus Mets, Phillies, and other teams are looking for left fielder with hitting power next year. Dude, I can't wait to see Manny Ramirez at a Laker game this year sitting next to Jack Nickelson. Later Poff Daddy
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