Our Friend Dylan Hernandez is reporting that Manny should be headed to the minors on Tuesday (assuming his recent flu-like symptoms and weight loss don’t reappear). From the L.A. Times: Manny Ramirez is tentatively scheduled to return to the field on Tuesday in New Mexico, according to baseball sources who spoke on the condition of [...]

Update: the latest voting results (6/1) show Manny in 5th place for an outfield spot with 635,530 votes. He trailed Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun (908,745), Philadelphia’s Raul Ibanez (817,849), the Cubs’ Alfonso Soriano (775,319) and 1st place vote getter Carlos Beltran (741,875). Milwaukee’s Mike Cameron was sixth, about 100,000 back. Those Philly fans are an ornery [...]

Well, Manny Ramirez decided to show up and do a little of that batting practice that Frank McCourt asked Manny to do…only he decided to do it (conveniently) while the team was on the road. Huh? I guess that’s better than nothing, but it speaks volumes about Manny’s interest in listening to the team and [...]

The 25 million dollar man is either not getting good advice or refusing to listen to whatever advice is being presented to him. Either way, the end result is not good – the Dodgers are learning that they can do without Manny – something infathomable at the end of last season.

The Dodgers are #2 on the MLB Power Rankings by CBS (beat out by the Blue Jays…the Blue Jays!!!). Interesting quick analysis of the first five games without Manny versus the following five games. Clearly the team is settling down and other talent is stepping up. Now, if someone could just explain the Blue Jays [...]