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Three Strikes: Manny can't be Manny edition

By Jayson Stark

Thursday, February 26, 2009

STRIKE ONE -- MANNY CAN'T BE MANNY DEPT.: For months now, I've been hearing people speculate about how dangerous it would be for the Dodgers if their man Manny Ramirez were to take their money but feel as if he'd been low-balled. But here's my question: Why? I have to admit I actually bought into that premise myself for a while -- that having a nonmotivated Manny might be worse than having no Manny at all. But one longtime front-office man told me that theory is less logical than it sounds. " ...

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