Just Manny Being Man...SHUT UP

The walking, talking, strolling, long haired side show that roams Boston known as Manuel Aristides Ramirez has officially taken it too far. Ramirez is just two home runs shy of immortality(500 home runs), and yet continues to act as if he is a pre-school kid on a tee ball field. Some say his antics are his love of the game, some say it's just him having fun because this is just a game, and others are oblivious to their own surroundings and say it's "just Manny being Manny."

We have seen this phenomenal baseball player do so many completely moronic things on a baseball field that it is now being passed off as a funny attribute. This is the man who instead of waiting till the end of a half inning, with 2 outs, decided to urinate inside the green monster. Lets not forget the inside the park home run allowed on Manny's behalf when he cut off a throw by Johnny Damon, who was maybe 15 yards away from him. This is the same man who in his first career game with the Cleveland Indians he thought a ground rule double was a home run and was trotting around the bases like a moron. The funny thing about that was the announcers said what a great hitter he is and going to be for the future but said he has a short attention span. To that i say..SPOT ON GUYS! Oh and one last thing, yes he is a monster at the plate, but this is the same player who stares at his home runs for a good 5 seconds in the batters box as they travel into the stands. And they say Joba Chamberlain's fist pumps show up the opposition...give me a break.

But this time Ramirez took it up a notch and boy he has set the bar up high for his next amazing feat, because we all know its sure to come soon. In the bottom of the 4th inning with one out in a game against the Baltimore Orioles on May 14th, Ramirez literally made me say "What the hell is wrong with this guy." The worst part of the entire situation is that it made an amazing play seem trivial and completely overshadowed the great baseball that took place. With runners on first and second and former Red Sox Kevin Millar at the plate, Millar hit a shot to left field where Ramirez had to cover a significant amount of ground and makes the catch as hes headed at the wall. Ramirez a la Bo Jackson, then scaled the wall and gave a Red Sox fan in the front row a high-five before gunning the ball back in to Dustin Pedroia who in turn doubled up Aubrey Huff at first base. The play was amazing and just goes to show you how great of an arm Ramirez has yet shows how much of a clown this guy is.

Ramirez is an absolute horse, and one of the best players in Major League Baseball, as well as a top 10 player of the last couple decades. With as much power as anyone and the ability to hit the ball 400+ feet every time he gets up to the plate, his Ringling Brothers type performances have made me look at him in less of a light.

No one can question the player that Manny Ramirez is and how amazing he has played over his 16 illustrious seasons so far. If Ramirez decided to hang it up today and never play another game of baseball again he would be a first ballot hall-of-famer. Yet his academy award like performances of moronic proportions throughout his career have made him look like a joke. Sorry Manny, but I'm not going to sit back and say its okay for you to act like you own baseball and do whatever you want. Thats not the way things work.

And just to let you know the next time you stare at a home run in the 2nd inning and gaze upon it as if it was a Mona Lisa playing baseball portrait floating into the stands, I will personally come to Boston and with a rocket launcher shoot a ball at your head so you stop. Maybe then you will get the message.