Sunday
27Jul
It Could Really Happen
Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 09:03PM Scott (CEO) The same thing happens Every Year around the trading deadline, Between the All-Star break and trading deadline, Manny gets "injured" or loafs, the Sox all get pissed, trade rumors fly, the deadline passes, Many is still at Fenway, He hits a Home Run and everybody loves him again. But this year feels different, Sox brass has actually publicly talked about it, and now Manny has responded:
"What I said was if the Red Sox they think they could find a trade that's going to make the team better and both sides are going to be happy, I'm going to agree," he said. "But if they cannot find a trade... It's something simple. It's no big deal. At the end of the season, all they've got to do is call my agent and say, 'Hey, we're not going to pick Manny's option for '09, he's going to become a free agent.' And that's it. I go my way, and you guys go your way, something simple."
Here is more of the Q&A with Manny from Boston.com.
Do you feel like they want you to go your separate ways?
"I don't know, that's my idea. That's it, something simple. I don't want to talk to them about contracts right now. So what? I know they got me, but enough is enough. I'm tired of them, they're tired of me. After 2008, just send me a letter or whatever. You don't even got to call my agent or whatever. 'Hey, thank you for everything. You're going to become a free agent. We're not going to pick up your option in '09.'"
Do you expect that to happen?
"That will happen. They're not stupid."
When they've talked to you, have they expressed their problem with you?
"Boston is not stupid. They're not going to do it. They can say whatever they want. But when it comes to make a deal, they're not going to pull the trigger, because they know what they've got here."
Are you happy here?
"I'm happy. But enough is enough."
When you say "enough is enough," what does that mean?
"That's it. You've got to ask Tito and John Henry, they know."
Sounds like he's gone to me, but I'll believe it when I see it.
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