As a wise man once said: "You can't fix stupid".
Example #489,204:
The dreadlocked slugger, who also talked to manager Joe Torre, told reporters he isn't going to formally address the media about what led to his 50-game ban because it's in the past.You'd think that maybe, just maybe, Manny would remember the McGwire mistake: "I'm not here to talk about the past". Except that he clearly doesn't. If we've learned anything from those who have been outted: being upfront and honest (at least a reasonable attempt at honesty) goes a long way in a player's public relations rehabilitation. Worked for Pettite and others quite well. McGwire, Bonds, Clemens and others similarly defiant, not as much.
"I don't want to be a distraction for this team," Ramirez said. "What happened, happened. I spoke to [owner] Frank McCourt, I apologized, I spoke to Joe, my teammates and I'm ready to move on.
"I didn't kill nobody, I didn't rape nobody, so that's it, I'm just going to come and play the game."
The last sentence, about murder and rape... well that's about as dumb a comment as you can make. I'll leave it at that.
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Didn't Johnny Damon famously express during Spring Training that it, "...wasn't like ARod murdered someone."
It's good to see that Manny is using the same rationale for excusing his cheating.
Good t-shirt idea:
Front: Manny Being Manny
Back: I didn't rape nobody
Ya know, usually I don't like that kind of excuse, but he's a little right. I read an article about a NJ journalist involved in a hit and run accident. That driver is an evil person.
Manny cheating at baseball is a bad thing, but in the realm of life it's pretty tame.
Yes, sorta apples and oranges, but if there is an "evil person scale," I put steroid users somewhere near the person that started the wave I saw at Yankee stadium the other night.
WCF, that's true.
It's also like athletes complaining about the number of days they work or their pay... we KNOW they live in a different reality, but just at least pretend you have your toe touching this planet...
manny being manny, again.
Actually, I see nothing wrong with Manny's comment. I "apologized" and, in essence, "in the grand scheme of things" what I did doesn't really merit having to explain myself. That's more than what we ever got from McGwire and others, isn't it? I mean, he probably doesn't really regret what he did, so why should he say anything more?
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