So Ned reportedly made a play for Manny, but it surely is a two-year deal for $55 million.  A nice move, but does anyone seriously think Manny is going to take that?  Not with Boras as his agent!  Good thing the Dodgers cleared some salary by buying out Penny’s contract for $2 million (not a [...]

So ESPN is reporting that the $20-$25 million per year isn’t the issue, it’s the length of the contract, with Ned pushing for two years instead of five or six. My take is that this is a smart move by Ned for several reasons: one, this is a negotiation. We all know a five or [...]

Fasten your seat belts Dodger fans, because we’re in for a whopper of a series against the Snakes. I estimate that the Dodgers need to at least take two out of three this weekend in order to stay in the race. The reason I say this is, looking ahead to next week, 13 of the [...]

Jayson Stark over at ESPN.com wrote an excellent article on the on-again, off-again nature of Manny Ramirez this season and the dangerous precedent a $100M contract would set within MLB. Here is a snippet: Life sure is beautiful these days on Planet Manny. Uhhh, a little too beautiful. Hey, we couldn’t be happier for those [...]

Watching the Phillies complete the series sweep against the Dodgers last night (nationally televised, no less) I did a double-take. Sure, I knew Manny Ramirez hadn’t delivered an RBI for the Dodgers in the previous six outings and that Dodger hitting was in a slump overall, but I really believed that they were all trying. [...]