It's been a while since I've made a post on here. Hell, I didn't make a single post for the Dodgers entire postseason run. Why? I'm not quite sure. The whole postseason felt like a dream to me. To actually see the Dodgers win a playoff series (and to do so in convincing fashion) was and still is somewhat mesmerizing to me. It was great to sweep the Cubs and I can't really be disappointed that we lost to the Phils. They're the better team. It was hard for me to focus on anything knowing that the Dodgers had a legitimate shot at making the World Series. I just kept waiting for them to lose and once they finally did so, I was able to resume normal activity. I'm not trying to say that I didn't have faith in my team. I've been with this team the entire season. Through the ups and down. Manny and no Manny. Andruw Jones. However, I didn't really know how to react to the team doing well. That being said, the Dodgers season is over and now the front office needs to focus on what will be a very trying offseason.
Since the final out of game 5 of the NLCS there has been much speculation of what uniform Manny Ramirez will wear next year. Will he stay in what he so eloquently reffered to as "Mannywood" or will he piss off Boston fans even further (is that possible?) by donning pinstripes? While Manny's future employer may be unknown, one thing is certain: he will be filthy rich. I love baseball more than any other sport on the planet. I grew up playing it and now devote my summers to following it as if it were my job. That being said, it has a problem that no other sport has: the players make too much damn money. Once a player gets that big contract, they have much less to play for. It is all guaranteed money and that is where the problems begin. Why should Andruw Jones get more than 18 million dollars this year when pitchers on his own team had better offensive stats? The Dodgers should be able to cut him and not pay him a dime. Sure, the Dodgers were dumb to even give him that contract (cough*Juan Pierre, Jason Schmidt*cough) but what does Jones care? To hear him complain about being booed when he is hitting below .150 with two home runs, you'd think the poor guy was struggling just to make it in this world. But he's not. He'll get paid almost 20 million dollars next year. Poor baby.
Would Manny fill the seats? Damn right he will and the team would definitely retain the big bat that they have lacked for several years. Manny has been consistant his whole career. You know he can hit, when he wants to. But what happens once he gets that 4 year, $100 million dollar contract and has nothing to play for? "Mannywood" was great but let's not change the sign just yet.
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