Manny Being Manny

The MLB trade deadline has passed and I am absolutely ecstatic that the Boston Red Sox did not deal away Manny Ramirez. The reported offers that were on the table for him were just dreadful, and thankfully Theo Epstein and company were smart enough to realize that the best move was to stand pat. And honestly, this whole situation has been ridiculously overblown. Manny is just a goofy guy who flakes out for a few days about once a season. That's it. That's all. That's the entire story. For the rest of the time, he's the most feared hitter in the American League, a cleanup bat that we could never replace, and a future Hall of Famer. Thank god we kept him. If we can just get a couple of people healthy, we'll probably win the whole thing again.