Manny Ramirez to retire??
According to Ken Davidoff of Newsday, Manny Ramirez is threatening to retire due to the lack of interest in him during free agency.
Manny Ramirez is growing extremely upset about the lack of suitors for his services, so much so that he has told friends he would contemplate retirement if a suitable offer doesn’t arrive soon, a person close to the situation told Newsday.
Now, the truth is that Ramirez is highly unlikely to retire. But his dissatisfaction speaks to the lack of buzz that his free agency has generated, despite (or maybe because of?) his outstanding two-month stay with the Dodgers, which followed a highly contentious split with the Red Sox.
There’s no way on God’s green earth that Scott Boras is going to let Manny retire. Manny has brought this upon himself with his antics from when he was with the Boston Red Sox. Yes, he cleaned up his act while ithe LA Dodgers but that was a ruse on his part to drive up his price during free agency.
And it’s obvious that’s backfired. Only the Dodgers have really shown him any love and they pulled their offer before free agency started.
Hey, Manny had a good time in Japan when he was there with the Red Sox, maybe he’ll go there. I’m just saying.
